State v. Stewart

Powell, Judge.

{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant, Dale Stewart, appeals his sentence in the Butler County Court of Common Pleas for sexual battery.

{¶ 2} In August 2000, appellant pled guilty to a bill of information charging him with two counts of sexual battery in violation of R.C. 2907.03(A)(9). The charges stemmed from a continuing course of conduct that lasted at least three years during which appellant allegedly engaged in sexual conduct with two teenage boys (ages 14 and 15), which included oral sex and masturbation. At the time of the offenses, appellant, a former law enforcement officer, was a…