Ohio Court of Appeals, 2007

State v. Ward, 06ca35 (3-28-2007)

Ohio Court of Appeals · Decided March 28, 2007 · WILLIAM H. HARSHA, Judge.

2007 Ohio 1607

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Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION{¶ 1} Roger L. Ward, Jr., pled guilty to one count of burglary, a third degree felony. After his original sentence was reversed, he appeals the trial court's imposition of a five-year prison sentence upon remand. Ward contends that the Ohio Supreme Court's decision inState v. Foster (2006), 109 Ohio St.3d 1, 845 N.E.2d 470, violates the ex post facto clause of the United States Constitution because it permits the trial court to impose an enlarged sentence beyond that it could have imposed at the time he committed the crime. We have already decided that issue in State v. Grimes (Nov. 24, 2006), Washington App. No. 04CA17, 2006-Ohio-6360 and see no reason to vary from it here. Thus, we conclude that the Supreme Court's decision in Foster does not violate the ex post *Page 2 facto clause because the range of prison terms for a third degree felony are the same both before and after Foster. See Grimes for a more detailed analysis.

JUDGMENT AFFIRMED.

McFarland, P.J. Abele, J.: Concur in Judgment and Opinion.

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