State v. Thompson, 2006-P-0112 (6-22-2007)
State v. Thompson, 2006-P-0112 (6-22-2007)
Opinion of the Court
{¶ 2} On May 11, 2006, appellee, the state of Ohio, filed a complaint against appellant, charging him with one count of public indecency, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree, in violation of R.C.
{¶ 3} On July 31, 2006, appellant withdrew his former not guilty plea and entered a plea of no contest. Through counsel, appellant waived presentation of the facts and stipulated to a finding of guilty. The trial court accepted appellant's plea and ordered him to submit to a presentence investigation through the Portage County Probation Department.
{¶ 4} Pursuant to its November 2, 2006 judgment entry, the trial court sentenced appellant to serve thirty days in jail and ordered him to pay a fine in the amount of $250. The trial court then suspended twenty days in jail and $100 of the fine on the condition that he have no violation of the law for two years. In addition, the trial court ordered appellant to serve one year of supervised probation; ordered him to submit to an evaluation for sex offenders and follow any recommendations for treatment; ordered him to have no contact with any of the three high school students that reported the incident; and ordered him to register with the Portage County Sheriffs Department as a sex offender. Appellant's sentence as to the registration requirement was stayed pending appeal. It is from that judgment that appellant filed a timely notice of appeal and makes the following assignment of error:1
{¶ 5} "The trial court erred by imposing sentence which included sexually oriented offender registration after [appellant's] plea to a fourth degree misdemeanor charge of public indecency." *Page 3
{¶ 6} In his sole assignment of error, appellant argues that the trial court erred by imposing a sentence which included sexually oriented offender registration after his plea to a fourth degree misdemeanor charge of public indecency. He presents two issues for our review. In his first issue, appellant maintains that the trial court erred in imposing a sentence which included sexual offender registration when such a disposition was not available under the Revised Code. In his second issue, appellant alleges that the trial court erred in imposing a sentence that included sexually oriented offender registration when such a disposition was unreasonable, arbitrary and unconscionable under the circumstances.
{¶ 7} Because appellant's first and second issues are interrelated, we will address them in a consolidated manner.
{¶ 8} In the case at bar, appellant pleaded no contest to one count of public indecency, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree, in violation of R.C.
{¶ 9} Based upon his plea, the trial court ordered appellant to register with the sheriff as a sex offender. Under R.C.
{¶ 10} Although R.C.
{¶ 11} For the foregoing reasons, appellant's sole assignment of error is well-taken. We affirm the sentence imposed by the Portage County Municipal Court, Kent Division, with the exception of the sex offender registration condition. As such, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded the matter for the trial court to vacate its prior November 2, 2006 judgment entry, and issue a new judgment entry containing the same sentence except for the sex offender registration condition.
CYNTHIA WESTCOTT RICE, P.J., MARY JANE TRAPP, J., concur.
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