State v. Dawson

In State v. Dawson, Cuyahoga App. No. 86417, 2006 Ohio 1083, the Court stated that "there is no grid under Ohio law under which identical sentences must be imposed for various classifications of offenders." Id. at P31. An appellate court must examine the record not to decide whether the trial court "imposed a sentence that is in lockstep with others, but whether the sentence is so unusual as to be outside the mainstream of local judicial practice. Although the offenses may be similar, distinguishing factors may justify dissimilar treatment." Id.