State v. Polus (Slip Opinion)

{¶ 1} Appellee, Walter Polus, pled guilty to two counts of receiving stolen property, one a fifth-degree felony and the other a first-degree misdemeanor. The Lucas County Court of Common Pleas ordered Polus to serve the sentences imposed for the two offenses consecutively. Polus appealed, and the Sixth District Court of Appeals reversed the part of the trial court’s order that imposed the two sentences consecutively. At the request of the state of Ohio, we recognized a conflict, 140 Ohio St.3d 1413, 2014-Ohio-3785, 15 N.E.3d 882, and now consider the following issue: “Whether a trial court…