STATE v. WIDNER

No. 95147.

2011 Ohio 1364

State of Ohio, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dennie Widner, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth District, Cuyahoga County.

RELEASED AND JOURNALIZED: March 24, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell S. Bensing , 1350 Standard Building, 1370 Ontario Street, Cleveland, OH 44113, Attorney for Appellant.

William D. Mason , Cuyahoga County Prosecutor, Ronni Ducoff , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, The Justice Center, 9th Floor, 1200 Ontario Street, Cleveland, OH 44113, Attorneys for Appellee.

Before: Keough, J., Blackmon, P.J., and Jones, J.


JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION

KATHLEEN ANN KEOUGH, J.:

{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant, Dennie Widner, appeals from the trial court's judgment sentencing him in two cases to 40 years incarceration. He contends that his kidnapping convictions are allied offenses and, therefore, the trial court erred in not merging them for purposes of sentencing. He further contends that the trial court erred in imposing consecutive sentences without making the findings...

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