Case Name: State v. Newman
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 2002-12-18
Citations: 97 Ohio St. 3d 1480
Docket Number: 2002-1723
Parties: State v. Newman.
Judges: Resnicic, F.E. Sweeney and Lundberg Stratton, JJ., dissent.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 97
Pages: 1480–1480

Head Matter:
2002-1723.
State v. Newman.

Opinion:
Summit App. No. 20981, 2002-Ohio-4250. On review of order certifying a conflict. The court determines that a conflict exists; the parties are to brief the issue stated at pages 1-2 of the court of appeals' Journal Entry filed September 17, 2002:
"When a trial court sentences an individual to a maximum sentence, must the trial court make the requisite findings and state its reasons solely from the bench at the sentencing hearing or is it sufficient for the trial court to make the requisite findings and state its reasons in the sentencing journal entry?"