State v. Sandercock

{¶ 1} Appellant, Dale Thomas Sandercock, appeals from the judgment of the Ashtabula County Court of Common Pleas, after a trial by jury, convicting him of one count of failure to appear, in violation of R.C. 2937.99(A), (B), a felony of the fourth degree. We reverse and vacate appellant's conviction.

{¶ 2} The following testimony was adduced at trial: Mr. Sandercock was originally charged, in case number 2016 CR 426, with one count of felonious assault, a felony of the second degree. Counsel stipulated appellant was released on a personal recognizance bond, and the case involved a felony…