Court Opinion

ID: 3692611
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-07-06 06:34:27.627415+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:00:30.699995
License: Public Domain

{¶ 24} I respectfully dissent. While I do not disagree with the sentence imposed by the trial court, I believe the process utilized is constitutionally infirm in light of the United States Supreme Court's decision in Blakely v. Washington.1
 {¶ 25} For the reasons stated in my prior concurring and dissenting opinions, the trial court's sentence violated appellant's Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial, as explained in Blakely v. Washington.2
 {¶ 26} This matter should be remanded for resentencing consistent with Blakely v. Washington.
1 Blakely v. Washington (2004), 542 U.S. 296.
2 See State v. McAdams, 162 Ohio App.3d 318, 2005-Ohio-3895
(O'Neill, J., concurring); State v. Green, 11th Dist. No. 2003-A-0089, 2005-Ohio-3268 (O'Neill, J., concurring); State v.Semala, 11th Dist. No. 2003-L-128, 2005-Ohio-2653 (O'Neill, J., dissenting).