STATE v. CARLISLE

No. 2010-2158.

131 Ohio St.3d 127 (2011)

2011-Ohio-6553

THE STATE OF OHIO, Appellee, v. CARLISLE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 22, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Mason , Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and T. Allan Regas , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

Robert L. Tobik , Cuyahoga County Public Defender, and Erika B. Cunliffe , Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Alexandra T. Schimmer , Solicitor General, and David M. Lieberman , Deputy Solicitor, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, Ohio Attorney General Michael DeWine.


O'CONNOR, C.J.

{¶ 1} This appeal involves the question of whether the trial court had authority to modify Carlisle's criminal sentence. Absent statutory authority, a trial court is generally not empowered to modify a criminal sentence by reconsidering its own final judgment. For the reasons explained below, the trial court lacked the requisite authority to modify Carlisle's sentence. Accordingly...

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