Case Name: State v. Ware
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 2014-05-14
Citations: 138 Ohio St. 3d 1491
Docket Number: 2014-0425
Parties: State v. Ware.
Judges: Lanzinger, J., dissents.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 138
Pages: 1491–1492

Head Matter:
2014-0425.
State v. Ware.

Opinion:
Portage App. No. 2013-P-0011, 2013-Ohio-5833. On review of order certifying a conflict. The court determines that a conflict exists. The parties are to brief the issue stated at page 2 of the court of appeals' entry filed March 5, 2014:
"When the imposition of a mandatory prison term is statutorily-mandated for a specific felony offense, is the trial court permitted to impose a total prison term within the maximum allowed, only a portion of which is mandatory under the statute?"
The conflict case is State v. Thomas, 3d Dist. Allen No. 1-04-88, 2005-Ohio-4616.
Lanzinger, J., dissents.