Case Title: State v. Finger

Citation: 2004-Ohio-6390

Docket Number: 20030396

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2004-12-08T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Cite as State v. Finger, 104 Ohio St.3d 157, 2004-Ohio-6390.] 
 
 
THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT, v. FINGER, APPELLEE. 
[Cite as State v. Finger, 104 Ohio St.3d 157, 2004-Ohio-6390.] 
Criminal law — Postrelease control law — Certified question answered. 
(No. 2003-0396 — Submitted October 26, 2004 — Decided December 8, 2004.) 
CERTIFIED BY the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, No. 80691, 2003-Ohio-
402. 
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{¶1} 
The Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County certified the following 
issue to this court: 
{¶2} 
“Whether, when a trial court fails to notify an offender at plea or 
sentencing of mandatory post-release control, a reviewing court should reverse 
the sentence and remand for resentencing that includes the post-release control 
advisory or find that the defendant’s prison sentence does not include post-release 
control.” 
{¶3} 
On the authority of State v. Jordan, 104 Ohio St.3d 21, 2004-Ohio-
6085, 817 N.E.2d 864, we answer affirmatively to the first alternative in the 
certified issue. 
 
MOYER, C.J., RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, LUNDBERG STRATTON, 
O’CONNOR and O’DONNELL, JJ., concur. 
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William D. Mason, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and Lisa 
Reitz Williamson, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellant. 
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