State v. Moore, 5-07-18 (3-17-2008)

OPINION

{¶ 1} In cases numbered 5-07-18, 5-07-20, and 5-07-21, Defendant-Appellant, Jason L. Moore, appeals the judgment of the Hancock County Court of Common Pleas sentencing him to non-minimum prison terms. In this consolidated appeal, Moore argues that the trial court imposed non-minimum prison terms in violation of his Due Process rights; that he was denied effective assistance of counsel when his counsel allowed him to accept non-minimum prison terms; and, that the trial court erred by improperly journalizing his no contest pleas as guilty pleas in case numbers 5-07-18 and 5-07-21. Based…