State v. Mathis

{¶ 1} We accepted discretionary appeals and consolidated these two cases that questioned whether the court of appeals may order a limited remand for necessary statutory findings to be placed on the record or whether it must vacate the sentence and remand for a de novo sentencing hearing.

{¶ 2} Appellees Preston Mathis and Dwayne Fair were each convicted of multiple offenses and received maximum and consecutive prison terms. The Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County found that the trial courts failed at the sentencing hearings to make oral findings or state reasons to justify either maximum or…