State v. Wilkinson

Walters, Judge.

{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant, Malik S. Wilkinson, appeals the judgment of the Montgomery County Common Pleas Court convicting him of escape, R.C. 2921.34(A), a felony of the second degree, and sentencing him to a prison sentence of four years. Wilkinson claims that the trial court erred in allowing the indictment against him to be amended to include dates subsequent to the date the grand jury returned the indictment. For the reasons set forth herein, we reverse the trial court’s judgment.

{¶ 2} Wilkinson was convicted in 1986 of felonious assault of a peace officer. R.C.…