City of Hamilton v. Adkins

This cause came on to be heard upon an appeal from the Hamilton Municipal Court of Butler County, Ohio.

Defendant-appellant, Victor Adkins, was arrested on five different misdemeanor charges. Through the plea bargaining process, appellant pleaded no contest to two charges of disorderly conduct and one charge of intoxication.

When presented with this arrangement on October 14, 1982, the trial judge ruled that “on the ‘no contest’ pleas there will be a finding of ‘guilty,’ and fifty ($50) dollars and costs, thirty (30) days on each charge.” The Entry of Conviction filed that same day read that…