State v. Like, Wm-08-002 (9-12-2008)

DECISION AND JUDGMENT

{¶ 1} Appellant appeals a January 23, 2008 judgment of the Williams County Court of Common Pleas convicting him of the offense of robbery, a violation of R.C. 2911.02(A)(3), and sentencing him to a term of imprisonment of five years. The offense is a third degree felony. Appellant pled guilty to the offense, pursuant to a plea agreement. His five year sentence is the statutory maximum sentence for a violation of R.C. 2911.02(A)(3). R.C. 2929.14(A)(3).

{¶ 2} The state claimed that on October 14, 2007, appellant handed a hotel clerk at the Rainbow Motel, in Holiday City, a…