Judge can order that mandatory terms for rape be served concurrently
Today in State v. Johnson, 2008-Ohio-69, the Ohio Supreme Court held that R.C. 2929.13(F) "does not require a sentencing court to impose consecutive sentences for multiple rape convictions." The Twelfth District Court of Appeals had read the code section to mean that mandatory time meant that the defendant could not be ordered to serve his life terms concurrently. Read the decision of the Ohio Supreme Court by clicking here and view the oral argument by clicking here.
