State v. Boland

Waite, Judge.

{¶ 1} This is a timely appeal from a judgment of the court of common pleas imposing upon Jayne Ann Boland (“appellant”) five consecutive prison terms of one year each after she entered guilty pleas to four counts of forgery and one count of theft by deception, all of which are fifth degree felonies. Appellant herein challenges both the length of her individual prison terms and the fact that the trial court ordered that they run consecutively. In light of the discussion that follows, this court concludes that the trial court’s decision to impose the maximum term in this case was…