State v. Bishop (Slip Opinion)

{¶ 30} When an offender violates the terms of his or her postrelease control by committing a new felony, the offender may be prosecuted for the new felony and judicially sanctioned with a prison term for the postrelease-control violation.

*774R.C. 2929.141(A). At issue in this case is whether Crim.R. 11(C)(2)(a) requires a trial court taking a guilty plea to the new felony to advise the accused that an additional, consecutive sentence for the postrelease-control violation may be imposed.

{¶ 31} A trial court may accept a plea only if it is knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily made, and…