State v. Novak, Unpublished Decision (2-15-2005)

OPINION

{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant, Jeffrey P. Novak ("Novak"), appeals his conviction on four counts of gross sexual imposition, fourth-degree felonies in violation of R.C. 2907.05(A)(5), following a jury trial in the Lake County Court of Common Pleas. The trial court ordered Novak to serve, concurrently, four seventeen-month prison sentences at the Lorain Correctional Institution and imposed up to five years of post-release controls. For the following reasons, Novak's convictions are affirmed.

{¶ 2} Beginning in the Fall of 2000, Novak began working as a teacher's aid for the Lake Academy, a…