FRANCIS E. SWEENEY, SR., J.
We are asked to decide whether a violation of R.C. 2937.29 carries a definite or indefinite sentence. For the following reasons, we find R.C. 2937.99 requires the court to impose a definite term of imprisonment for a violation of R.C. 2937.29, an unclassified felony. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the appellate court.
In reaching our holding today, we are guided by the requirement that penal laws "shall be strictly construed...
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