City of Columbus v. Jones

Defendant, Howard E. Jones, appeals from a judgment of the Franklin County Municipal Court which found him guilty of operating a motor vehicle without a valid license and sentenced him' to six months’ imprisonment and fined him $500 plus costs. Defendant raises a single assignment of error as follows:

“The trial court abused its discretion by imposing a sentence of six months in the case at bar.

“A. The sentence imposed by the trial court was imposed as punishment for the appellant’s decision to exercise his right to a jury trial.”

On February 9, 1986, defendant was charged with a violation of…