STATE v. RAHAB

No. 2015-1892.

150 Ohio St.3d 152 (2017)

2017-Ohio-1401

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

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided April 18, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond T. Faller , Hamilton County Public Defender, and Demetra Stamatakos and Joshua Thompson , Assistant Public Defenders, for appellant.

Joseph T. Deters , Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney, and Scott M. Heenan , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

Repper, Pagan & Cook, Ltd., and Christopher J. Pagan , urging reversal for amicus curiae the Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Michael DeWine , Attorney General, Eric E. Murphy , State Solicitor, and Peter T. Reed , Deputy Solicitor, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Attorney General Michael DeWine.

MARIE MORALEJA HOOVER, J., of the Fourth District Court of Appeals, sitting for FISCHER, J.


{¶ 1} Malik Rahab turned down a plea deal that would have sent him to prison for three years. A jury found him guilty, and a judge sentenced him to six years in prison. This, he says, constituted an impermissible "trial tax"; in other words, the judge increased Rahab's sentence in retaliation for the exercise of his...

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