[Cite as State v. Raulston , 2019-Ohio-5189.]

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS ELEVENTH APPELLATE DISTRICT PORTAGE COUNTY, OHIO

STATE OF OHIO, : O P I N I O N Plaintiff-Appellee, : CASE NO. 2019-P-0035 - vs - : CARL E. RAULSTON, : Defendant-Appellant. :
Criminal Appeal from the Portage County Court of Common Pleas, Case No. 2013 CR 00469. Jud g ment: Affirmed.

Victor V. Vigluicci , Portage County Prosecutor, and Theresa M. Scahill , Assistant Prosecuto r , 241 South Chestnut Street, Ravenna, Ohio 44266 ( For Plaintiff-Appellee )

. Wesley A. Johnston , P.O. Box 6041, Youngtown, Ohio 44501 (For DefendantAppellant )

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THOMAS R. WRIGHT, P.J. {¶1} Appellant, Carl Raulston, appeals the denial of his motion to h ave his sentence declared void due to an alleged lack of necessary cons ecutive findings. We affirm. {¶2} Raulston was charged with five counts of nonsupport of dependen ts, fifthdegree felonies in violation of R.C. 2919.21(A), and pleaded gu ilty to all five. In August of 2014, he was sentenced to community control and informed he faced five consecutive2 one-year sentences if he violated the conditions. The trial co urt continued Raulston on community control in January of 2017 after his first violation. {¶3} Five months later, in June 2017, the state moved to revoke comm unity control. And following a hearing, the court revoked Raulston’s community control and sentenced him to five, one-year consecutive prison terms. He d id not pursue a direct appeal. {¶4} In March of 2019, Raulston filed a motion for void judgment see king resentencing and arguing his sentence is void because the trial court failed to make the findings necessary for imposing consecutive sentences. The tri al court denied his motion. {¶5} Raulston raises two assigned errors, which we address collectiv ely: {¶6} “[1.] The Court improperly denied Defendant’s motion to void j udgment and resentencing, as the court committed an error when sentencing R aulston to consecutive sentences, totaling five years for five counts of non-support o f dependents. {¶7} “[2.] The Court improperly denied Defendant’s motion to void j udgment and resentencing as the trial court erred in sentencing Raulston to maximum consecutive terms of imprisonment.” {¶8} When imposing consecutive sentences, a court must state the statutory findings at the sentencing hearing to provide notice to the defendant and include the findings in the sentencing entry. State v. Bonnell, 140 Ohio St.3d 209, 2014-Ohio3177, 16 N.E.3d 659, ¶ 29. {¶9} A court’s failure to make requisite consecutive sentence findin gs is an issue that is voidable, not void, and voidable sentences can be set a side only via direct appeal. State v. Hall , 11th Dist. Ashtabula No. 2016-A-0069, 2017-Ohio-4376, 93 N.E. 3d 35, ¶3 12, appeal not allowed, 151 Ohio St.3d 1428, 2017-Ohio-8371, 84 N.E.3d 1065. Whereas void sentences can be reviewed any time. State v. Wilson , 11th Dist. Lake No. 2015-L-067, 2015-Ohio-5465, ¶ 17. “‘[P]rinciples of res judic ata do not apply to void sentences because, by definition, a void sentence means that no final judgment of conviction has been announced.’ * * * In contrast, ‘a voidable judgment is one rendered by a court that has both jurisdiction and authority to act,’ bu t is ‘invalid, irregular, or erroneous.’ * * *.” Id. Res judicata promotes judicial economy and the finality of judgments on issues that a defendant had a fair opportunity to be heard. Hall , supra , citing State v. Saxon , 109 Ohio St.3d 176, 2006-Ohio-1245, 846 N.E.2d 824, ¶ 18. {¶10} Because appellant could have raised the consecutive sentence ar gument in a direct appeal, res judicata precludes raising it in a moti on before the trial court or on an appeal therefrom. State v. Holdcroft , 137 Ohio St.3d 526, 2013-Ohio-5014, 1 N.E.3d 382, ¶ 8; State v. Wolke , 4th Dist. Adams No. 17CA1048, 2018-Ohio-2119, ¶ 15 (a defendant must raise the court’s failure to make the necessary findings in a direct appeal). {¶11} Raulston’s assigned errors lack merit, and the trial court’s de cision is affirmed.

MATT LYNCH, J., MARY JANE TRAPP, J.,

concur.