State v. Hensley

We will first consider the certified question, which involves the appellate court’s reversal of counts four through eight as being barred by the statute of limitations pursuant to R.C. 2901.13.

I

R.C. 2901.13 is a general statute of limitations which prescribes the time within which criminal prosecutions must be brought by the state, and provides in part:

“(A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a prosecution is barred unless it is commenced within the following periods after an offense is committed:

“(1) For a felony other than aggravated murder or murder, six years[.]”

Thus, the plain…