State v. Kraguljac

On September 8,1987, Milan Kraguljac, defendant-appellee, a national of Yugoslavia, appeared in the common pleas court with his counsel. At that time, he withdrew his former plea of not guilty and entered a plea of guilty to the offense of aggravated trafficking in drugs, a violation of R.C. ■ 2925.03(A)(1), which is classified as a felony of the second degree. The trial court accepted the plea and sentenced the defendant, imposing a five-to-fifteen-year term of incarceration in the Ohio State Reformatory and a fine of $2,500 mandated by R.C. 2925.03 (H).

During the sentencing hearing the…