State v. Goins, 06-Ma-131 (3-10-2008)

OPINION

{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant, James Goins (Goins), appeals his maximum, consecutive prison sentences totaling eighty-four years rendered by the Mahoning County Common Pleas Court for multiple counts including attempted aggravated murder, aggravated burglary, aggravated robbery, kidnapping, felonious assault, and receiving stolen property. Goins was resentenced upon remand from the Ohio Supreme Court following its decision in State v. Foster, 109 Ohio St.3d 1, 2006-Ohio-856,845 N.E.2d 470. The two issues on appeal are: (1) whether the sentence violates theEighth Amendment's prohibition…