Legal Opinion
Yonkings v. Wilkinson
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided August 25, 1999No. 98-1305PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Francis E. Sweeney, Sr., J.
The issue in this case is whether former R.C. 2929.41(E)(2) limited a defendant’s total definite sentence to fifteen years where the defendant had been sentenced to consecutive definite sentences in excess of that amount. Both parties in this case have based their arguments on the assumption that former R.C. 2929.41(E)(2) applied to definite terms of imprisonment. However, because we find that former R.C. 2929.41(E)(2) did not apply to definite sentences, we reverse the judgment of the court of appeals.
When appellant was sentenced, former R.C. 2929.41(E)(2) stated:
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Cater v. City of ClevelandOhio Supreme Court · 1998
- State v. S.R.Ohio Supreme Court · 1992
- State ex rel. Cincinnati Post v. City of CincinnatiOhio Supreme Court · 1996
- City of Cleveland v. TrzebuckowskiOhio Supreme Court · 1999
- Chain Bike Corp. v. Spoke 'N Wheel, Inc.Ohio Court of Appeals · 1979
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3Cited by35 opinions
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- Hudson v. HargerOhio Court of Appeals · 2012
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