STATE v. BEST

No. 08 MA 260.

2009 Ohio 6806

State of Ohio, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Brian Best, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Seventh District, Mahoning County.

Dated: December 18, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney Joseph Macejko, Prosecuting Attorney, Attorney John Marsh, Jr., Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, 26 South Phelps Street, 4th Floor, Youngstown, Ohio 44503, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Attorney Douglas King, 91 West Taggart Street, P.O. Box 85, East Palestine, Ohio 44413, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before: Hon. Joseph J. Vukovich, Hon. Gene Donofrio, Hon. Cheryl L. Waite.


OPINION

VUKOVICH, P.J.

¶{1} Defendant-appellant Brian Best appeals the sentence entered in the Youngstown Municipal Court after he pled no contest to two counts of assault. He contends that the court failed to properly consider the statutory sentencing criteria, that a maximum jail sentence on one of the offenses was improper, that the sentence will not serve the overriding purposes and principles of misdemeanor sentencing and are not proportionate...

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