Title: State v. Cornelison

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

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[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as State 
v. Cornelison, Slip Opinion No. 2016-Ohio-2968.] 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2016-OHIO-2968 
THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. CORNELISON, APPELLANT. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as State v. Cornelison, Slip Opinion No. 2016-Ohio-2968.] 
Criminal law—Felony Sentencing—Standard of review upon appeal of sentence—
R.C. 2953.08(G)(2)—Judgment reversed, and cause remanded for 
application of State v. Marcum. 
(No. 2014-1402—Submitted April 7, 2016—Decided May 17, 2016.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Lake County, 
No. 2013-L-064, 2014-Ohio-2884. 
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{¶ 1} In State v. Marcum, ___ Ohio St.3d ___, 2016-Ohio-1002, ___ N.E.3d 
___, we held that R.C. 2953.08(G)(2) allows an appellate court to increase, reduce, 
or otherwise modify a sentence only when it clearly and convincingly finds that the 
sentence is (1) contrary to law and/or (2) unsupported by the record.  Id. at ¶ 7. 
{¶ 2} The judgment of the court of appeals in the instant case is reversed, 
and the cause is remanded to the court of appeals for application of Marcum. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
 
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O’CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, O’DONNELL, LANZINGER, KENNEDY, 
FRENCH, and O’NEILL, JJ., concur. 
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Charles E. Coulson, Lake County Prosecuting Attorney, and Alana A. 
Rezaee, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee. 
 
Derek Cek, for appellant. 
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