State v. Coffman

Francis E. Sweeney, Sr., J.

On October 21, 1997, the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas sentenced appellant, Dana E. Coffman, to a term of three to fifteen years for a robbery committed by appellant on April 6, 1996. On July 20, 1999, appellant moved the trial court for shock probation pursuant to former R.C. 2947.061(B).1 The trial court denied appellant’s motion.

Appellant appealed the trial court’s decision to the Fifth District Court of Appeals. The court of appeals dismissed the appeal on the ground that a trial court’s denial of a motion for shock probation is not a final appealable…