State v. Hawkins

In State v. Hawkins, 7th Dist. No. 07JE14, 2008 Ohio 1529, the Court explained that the removal of the presumptions for minimum and concurrent sentences was not a violation of the prohibition against ex post facto laws because it did not constitute a "judicial enlargement" of the possible sentence; a presumption is only a presumption, it is not a guarantee. Id. at P27. Furthermore, the Court explained that the sentencing ranges set forth in R.C. 2929.14(A) did not change. Id. at P27.