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...rovisions to the contrary in Criminal Rule 5(B), shall be accorded a preliminary hearing within fifteen consecutive days after the person's arrest if the accused is not held in jail in lieu of bail on the pending charge or within ten consecutive days after the person's arrest if the accused is held in jail in lieu of bail on the pending charge; (2) Except as provided in division (C) of section 2945.73 of the Revise...

...ing which the accused is mentally incompetent to stand trial or during which the accused's mental competence to stand trial is being determined, or any period during which the accused is physically incapable of standing trial; (C) Any period of delay necessitated by the accused's lack of counsel, provided that such delay is not occasioned by any lack of diligence in providing counsel to an indigent accused upon the...

...the same conduct. (2) Regardless of whether a longer time limit may be provided by sections 2945.71 and 2945.72 of the Revised Code, a person charged with misdemeanor shall be discharged if the person is held in jail in lieu of bond awaiting trial on the pending charge: (a) For a total period equal to the maximum term of imprisonment which may be imposed for the most serious misdemeanor charged; (b) For a total...

...the court shall examine the witnesses, determine the degree of the crime, and pronounce sentence accordingly.

...f judgment in such prior conviction together with evidence sufficient to identify the defendant named in the entry as the offender in the case at bar, is sufficient to prove such prior conviction. (2) Whenever in any case it is necessary to prove a prior conviction of an offense for which the registrar of motor vehicles maintains a record, a certified copy of the record that shows the name, date of birth, and ...

...verdict is accepted, the jury may be polled at the request of either the prosecuting attorney or the defendant. If one of the jurors upon being polled declares that said verdict is not his verdict, the jury must further deliberate upon the case.

...When the verdict given is such as the court may receive, it must be immediately entered in full upon the minutes.

...which he was convicted, but guilty of a lesser degree thereof, or of a lesser crime included therein, the court may modify the verdict or finding accordingly, without granting or ordering a new trial, and pass sentence on such verdict or finding as modified, provided that this power extends to any court to which the cause may be taken on appeal; (E) Error of law occurring at the trial; (F) When new evidence is disc...

...plying, which he could not with reasonable diligence have discovered and produced at the trial, shall be filed within three days after the verdict was rendered, or the decision of the court where a trial by jury has been waived, unless it is made to appear by clear and convincing proof that the defendant was unavoidably prevented from filing his motion for new trial in which case it shall be filed within three days f...

...The causes enumerated in divisions (B) and (C) of section 2945.79 of the Revised Code must be sustained by affidavit showing their truth, and may be controverted by affidavits.

...When a new trial is granted by the trial court, or when a new trial is awarded on appeal, the accused shall stand for trial upon the indictment or information as though there had been no previous trial thereof.

...inst him; (B) A variance between the allegations and the proof thereof unless the accused is misled or prejudiced thereby; (C) The admission or rejection of any evidence offered against or for the accused unless it affirmatively appears on the record that the accused was or may have been prejudiced thereby; (D) A misdirection of the jury unless the accused was or may have been prejudiced thereby; (E) Any other ca...

... a new trial is not a necessary prerequisite to obtain appellate review of the sufficiency or weight of the evidence in the trial of a criminal case.

...The definition of "magistrate" set forth in section 2931.01 of the Revised Code applies to Chapter 2947. of the Revised Code.

...A judgment may be arrested by the court upon motion of the defendant, or upon the court's own motion, for either of the following causes: (A) The offense charged is not within the jurisdiction of the court; (B) The facts stated in the indictment or information do not constitute an offense.

...A judgment shall not be arrested for a defect inform. Motions in arrest of judgment shall be made within three days after the verdict is rendered.

... into a recognizance with sufficient surety for his appearance at the first day of the next term of such court, or the court having jurisdiction of the offense if within this state, otherwise the defendant shall be discharged.

...onsider the victim impact statement in determining the sentence to be imposed upon the offender. (B) Each victim impact statement prepared under this section shall identify the victim of the offense, itemize any economic loss suffered by the victim as a result of the offense, identify any physical injury suffered by the victim as a result of the offense and the seriousness and permanence of the injury, identify any...

...rstanding of the case. The court shall determine whether sentence should immediately be imposed. The court on its own motion may direct the department of probation of the county in which the defendant resides, or its own regular probation officer, to make any inquiries and presentence investigation reports that the court requires concerning the defendant. (2) The provisions of section 2951.03 of the Revised Code s...

...If a convicted defendant does not show sufficient cause as to why judgment should not be pronounced, the court shall pronounce the judgment.

...ne hundred twenty days shall intervene between the day of sentence and the day appointed for the execution thereof.

...d with an offense in a court of common pleas, including a juvenile court, and fails to appear in court at the required time and place to answer the charge, the court may enter information relative to the person's failure to appear on a form prescribed or approved by the registrar of motor vehicles pursuant to division (B) of this section and send the form to the registrar. Upon receipt of the form, the registrar shal...

... pursuant to this section shall receive credit upon the fine at the rate of fifty dollars per day or fraction of a day. If the unpaid fine is less than fifty dollars, the person shall be imprisoned one day. (E) No commitment pursuant to this section shall exceed six months.

... and the board shall adopt orders and rules in relation to the performance of labor and the sheriff or other officer having the custody of the persons or convicts shall be governed by the orders and rules. The sheriff of the county shall collect the proceeds of the labor of the persons or convicts, pay it into the county treasury, take the county treasurer's duplicate receipts for the amount paid, and forthwith depos...

...ws: (A) On sentences of ninety days or less, up to three days for each thirty days of sentence; (B) On sentences longer than ninety days but not longer than six months, up to four days for each thirty days of sentence; (C) On sentences longer than six months, up to five days for each thirty days of sentence. The reduction of the inmate's sentence shall become effective only upon the written concurrence of the pre...