State ex rel. Reynolds v. Basinger

{¶ 1} In 1999, appellant, Daniel J. Reynolds, was indicted on one count of felonious assault pursuant to R.C. 2903.11, with a gun specification. Reynolds agreed to plead guilty to the charge of felonious assault in exchange for the state’s agreement to dismiss the gun specification and recommend a four-year term of incarceration. The trial court accepted Reynolds’s plea but rejected the state’s sentencing recommendation and imposed a six-year sentence. Reynolds did not appeal his conviction or sentence.

{¶ 2} On July 15, 2002, Reynolds filed a petition for postconviction relief with the trial…