State v. Fields

{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant, William Fields, presents on appeal three assignments of error that, when reduced to their essence, challenge the Hamilton County Common Pleas Court’s judgment denying his petition for postconviction relief. We do not reach the merits of this challenge because the sentence imposed on Fields for cocaine possession was void.

{¶ 2} In 2006, Fields was convicted upon guilty pleas to cocaine possession and having a weapon under a disability. He was sentenced to concurrent prison terms totaling five years. He unsuccessfully challenged his convictions in his direct appeal,1…