State v. Patterson

Painter, Judge.

Appellee Lynne Patterson applied to the sentencing court for the sealing of her record of conviction as allowed under R.C. 2953.32.. Approximately sixteen months previously, the trial court, after accepting Patterson’s guilty pleas to two of three counts in the indictment against her, had convicted her of falsification and election falsification in violation of R.C. 2921.13(A) and R.C. 3599.36, respectively.

The state, at the hearing on the application, first raised an objection to the sealing of Patterson’s record, contending that she was not a “first offender” as defined by…