Opinion ID: 6215643
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Adult-court proceedings

Text: {¶ 12} After the case was transferred to the adult court, the state obtained a grand-jury indictment against Smith on eight counts that were identical to those that had been alleged in the original juvenile complaint, including those for which the juvenile court had found no probable cause and including firearm specifications on the aggravated-burglary counts and the grand-theft and theft counts. The state also obtained an additional charge against Smith, a second-degree-felony count of escape, which had been transferred to the adult court in a separate juvenile-court proceeding. The escape count alleged that Smith had left a detention facility and committed a felony. In total, Smith, who was by this time 17 years old, was facing the possibility of serving over 50 years in adult prison on the charges. {¶ 13} In September 2018, Smith entered into an agreement with the state and pled guilty to one amended count of aggravated robbery, with a one-year firearm specification, and one amended count of grand theft, with no firearm specification. He also pled guilty to the third-degree-felony count of failure to comply and to the escape charge. The remaining counts and specifications were dismissed. The adult court sentenced Smith to an aggregate term of nine years in prison, and it ordered the sentences for grand theft and escape to be served concurrently with the other sentences.