State v. Holloway, 86426 (5-10-2007)

{¶ 1} This cause is before this Court on remand from the Supreme Court of Ohio. In State v. Holloway, Cuyahoga App. Nos. 86426 and 86427,2006-Ohio-2591, we held that the trial court's failure to advise Holloway that his post-release control was mandatory rendered his plea invalid. As a result of our holding, we declined to address the remaining assigned errors because they were moot.

{¶ 2} In Watkins v. Collins, 111 Ohio St.3d 425, 2006-Ohio-5082, the Ohio Supreme Court held that the failure to inform a defendant of the mandatory nature of post-release control did not render the plea or…