State v. Kawaguchi

Timothy E. McMonagle, Judge.

Defendant-appellant Yuriko Kawaguchi (“appellant”) appeals the sentence of incarceration imposed by the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas after her plea of guilty to one count of forgery in violation of R.C. 2913.31(A)(1), a felony of the fifth degree. For the reasons stated below, because we find appellant’s sentence fails to comport with the purposes as set forth in R.C. 2929.11, we modify her sentence and remand.

The record demonstrates that appellant and two codefendants were arrested on May 27,1998, after using counterfeit credit cards and identification to…