State v. O'Dell

The state of Ohio is appealing the reversal of O’Dell’s sentence, while O’Dell appeals her conviction and raises four propositions of law. For the reasons that follow, we affirm defendant’s conviction but reverse the court of appeals in part and reinstate the trial court’s sentence.

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In the first of four propositions of law, defendant urges that her conviction was obtained in violation of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Defendant alleges that the state failed to disclose a plea agreement between it and Payne whereby the state would…