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STATE v. AMOS

Nos. 2012-2093 and 2012-2156.

140 Ohio St.3d 238 (2014)

2014-Ohio-3160

THE STATE OF OHIO, Appellant, v. AMOS, Appellee. THE STATE OF OHIO, Appellee, v. RICHMOND, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 24, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy J. McGinty , Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and Kristen L. Sobieski and T. Allan Regas , Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, for appellant in case No. 2012-2093 and for appellee in case No. 2012-2156.

Brian R. McGraw , for appellee LaShawn Amos in case No. 2012-2093.

Robert L. Tobik , Cuyahoga County Public Defender, and John T. Martin , Assistant Public Defender, for appellant Christopher Richmond in case No. 2012-2156.

O'NEILL, J.

{¶ 1} The Ohio felony-sentencing-reform legislation, principally 1995 Am.Sub. S.B. No. 2, 146 Ohio Laws, Part IV, 7136, effective July 1, 1996 ("Senate Bill 2"), was designed to bring "truth in sentencing." See, e.g., Woods v. Telb, 89 Ohio St.3d 504, 507-508, 733 N.E.2d 1103 (2000). By design, Senate Bill 2 limited the sentencing discretion of judges. Later developments...

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