State v. Harris

[Cite as State v. Harris, 2015-Ohio-4961.]
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO
TENTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
State of Ohio, :
Plaintiff-Appellee, :
No. 15AP-141
v. : (C.P.C. No. 13CR-6366)
Joshua A. Harris, : (ACCELERATED CALENDAR)
Defendant-Appellant. :
D E C I S I O N
Rendered on December 1, 2015
Ron O'Brien, Prosecuting Attorney, and Valerie B. Swanson,
for appellee.
Todd W. Barstow, for appellant.
APPEAL from the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas
HORTON, J.
{¶ 1} Joshua A. Harris is appealing from the sentence he received following his
convictions for aggravated robbery with a one year firearm specification and for having a
weapon while under disability. He assigns a single error for our consideration:
THE TRIAL COURT ABUSED ITS DISCRETION IN
SENTENCING APPELLANT.
{¶ 2} Harris received a sentence of one year of incarceration as a result of the
firearm specification. He received concurrent sentences of nine years as a result of the
aggravated robbery charge and the weapon while under disability charge. Since the
sentences for the firearm specifications had to be served prior to the nine year sentences
for the underlying charges, his trial sentence of incarceration was ten years.
No. 15AP-141 2
{¶ 3} As noted in State v. Foster, 109 Ohio St.3d 1, 2006-Ohio-856, a trial court
judge has full discretion to impose any sentence within the range authorized by statute.
The sentence imposed on Harris was clearly authorized by statute.
{¶ 4} On appeal, counsel for Harris argues that the trial court judge failed to abide
by the requirements set forth in R.C. 2929.11 and 2929.12. The record before us does not
support that argument. Having reviewed the transcript of the sentencing hearing and
related record, we find the sentence to be completely appropriate and consistent with
R.C. 2929.11 and 2929.12.
{¶ 5} Appellant's single assignment of error is overruled.
{¶ 6} Having overruled appellant's single assignment of error, we affirm the
judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common pleas.
Judgment affirmed.
KLATT and LUPER SCHUSTER, JJ., concur.
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