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STATE v. EDMONSON

No. 98-2603.

86 Ohio St.3d 324 (1999)

THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT, v. EDMONSON, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided September 8, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor V. Vigluicci, Portage County Prosecuting Attorney, and Kelli K. Norman, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellant.

Hirt & Hirt and David S. Hirt, for appellee.

David H. Bodiker, Ohio Public Defender, and John Fenlon, Assistant Public Defender, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, Office of the Ohio Public Defender.

COOK, J.

Based on the recent changes to the sentencing law in Ohio, minimum sentences are favored for first-time imprisonment and maximum sentences are disfavored generally. For instance, R.C. 2929.14(B) requires a trial court to impose a minimum sentence for first-time imprisonment unless it specifies on the record that the shortest prison term will demean the seriousness of the conduct or will not adequately protect the public from future crime by the...

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