State v. Hall

Tyack, Judge.

Roger A. Hall entered a guilty plea to a single charge of nonsupport in violation of R.C. 2919.21. The trial court sentenced him to a term of seven months’ incarceration. The trial court also ordered restitution in the sum of $7,264.21.

Hall has now pursued a direct appeal of his sentence, assigning a single error for our consideration:

“The trial court improperly sentenced appellant to a term of imprisonment’ contrary to the sentencing criteria contained in R.C. 2929.13 and R.C. 2929.19.”

Hall has prior convictions for receiving stolen property and passing bad checks. He also has a…