State v. Hamlett

DeGenaro, Judge.

{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant, Leonard Hamlett, appeals the September 1, 2009 judgment of the Youngstown Municipal Court convicting him of one count of violating a domestic-violence civil-protection order (“CPO”), pursuant to R.C. 2919.27(A)(1), and one count of aggravated menacing, pursuant to R.C. 2903.21, and sentencing him accordingly. Hamlett argues that because the CPO was not journalized by the court at the time of the alleged offense, it was not valid, and therefore, there is insufficient evidence that he violated a protection order. Hamlett also argues that his conviction…