State v. Taylor
Annotate this CaseDefendant stole $550 worth of merchandise from a department store. At that time, Ohio Rev. Code 2913.02 classified that theft offense as a felony. Prior to sentencing, however, the General Assembly enacted H.B. 86, which made theft of property valued at less than $1,000 a misdemeanor. Thereafter, the trial court convicted Defendant of a misdemeanor. The appellate court reversed, holding that nothing in H.B. 86 provided that Defendant was entitled to benefit from the decrease in classification of the theft offense and should have been convicted of a felony. The Supreme Court reversed, holding that trial court properly convicted and sentenced Defendant for a misdemeanor conviction, as the Legislature intended to afford the benefit of a decreased theft offense classification to offenders like Defendant.
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