State v. Lampkin

This is an appeal by defendant-appellant Bennett C. Lampkin (defendant) from the refusal of the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court to grant him hearings on his motions for treatment as a drug dependent person in lieu of conviction (R.C. 2951.041) and for conditional probation as a drug dependent person (R.C. 2951.04).

Defendant assigns two errors:

“I. The trial court erred and denied appellant due process of law when, after a motion for treatment in lieu of conviction was timely made, the court failed to hold a hearing and make findings when it had reason to know that appellant was, or was in…