State v. Cook

Froelich, Judge.

{¶ 1} Billy L. Cook pled guilty in the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas to failure to notify a sheriff of a change of address, in violation of R.C. *6852950.05, a third-degree felony. The trial court sentenced him to community control. The state appeals from Cook’s conviction.

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{¶ 2} In 1991, Billy L. Cook was convicted of rape, and in 1997, he was classified as a sexually oriented offender under Ohio’s version of Megan’s Law. While Cook was still in prison, the attorney general notified him that he would be reclassified as a Tier III sex offender. That reclassification…