State v. Sparks

{¶ 1} This is an appeal from a Scioto County Common Pleas Court judgment that modified the sentence of Ty A. Sparks, defendant below and appellee herein, and granted him judicial release.

{¶ 2} The state of Ohio, plaintiff below and appellant herein, raises the following assignment of error for review:

The trial court erred when it modified appellee's sentence.

{¶ 3} On May 26, 2000, appellee entered guilty pleas to six counts of burglary in violation of R.C. 2911.12(A)(3), all third-degree felonies. The trial court sentenced appellant to serve four years on each count, with two counts to run…