State v. Vlahopoulos

Michael J. Corrigan, Presiding Judge.

{¶ 1} This is the third appeal involving defendant Steve Vlahopoulos and his sentences for three counts of rape, which included what are known as “life tails” — indeterminate sentences with a maximum term of life in prison. In Vlahopoulos’s last appeal, we found that the court erroneously sentenced Vlahopoulos to three nine-year sentences, to be served consecutively. See State v. Vlahopoulos, Cuyahoga App. No. 80427, 2002-Ohio-3244, 2002 WL 1396862. On remand, the court sentenced Vlahopoulos to nine years to life on the rape counts, with those counts to be…