In re J.S.

{¶ 2} I respectfully dissent from the decision to dismiss this case as having been improvidently accepted. This case, involving as it does a serious-youthful-offender (“SYO”) sentence under R.C. 2152.13, is one of public or great general interest.

{¶ 3} We accepted the state’s proposition of law:

A sentencing error that is not timely appealed, and is unrelated to a juvenile court’s decision to invoke an adult prison sentence against a serious youthful offender, cannot be used to nullify the adult portion of the juvenile’s blended sentence.

In re J.S., 131 Ohio St.3d 1509, 2012-Ohio-1710, 965…