STATE v. DILLON

No. 2005-2350.

114 Ohio St.3d 154 (2007)

2007-Ohio-3617

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

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 18, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Yost, Delaware County Prosecuting Attorney, and Marianne T. Hemmeter and Paul Scarsella, Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, for appellant.

Law Office of Jeffrey P. Uhrich and Jeffrey P. Uhrich, for appellee.


PFEIFER, J.

{¶ 1} The issue presented in this case is whether an inmate's awareness of a pending indictment and of his right to request trial on the pending charges satisfies the notification requirements of R.C. 2941.401. We hold that it does not. R.C. 2941.401 requires a warden or prison superintendent to notify a prisoner "in writing of the source and contents of any untried indictment" and of his right "to make a request for final...

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