State v. Taylor

{¶ 1} Robert Taylor pled guilty in the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas to kidnapping and gross sexual imposition of a person less than thirteen years of age. The trial court sentenced him to five years of community control and ordered him to pay a supervision fee of $250, court-appointed counsel fees of $130, and court costs.

{¶ 2} Taylor appeals from his conviction, claiming that the trial court erred in ordering him to pay a court-appointed counsel fee. Taylor also claims that his trial counsel was ineffective by failing to request a waiver of the court-appointed counsel fee, the…