State v. Braden

The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the appellate court determining that Ohio Rev. Code 2947.23(C) permits trial courts to waive, modify or suspend payment of only those court costs that were imposed after the statute’s effective date, holding that the statute does not authorize a trial court to waive, modify, or suspend the payment of court costs that were imposed prior to March 22, 2013, the effective date of section 2947.23(C).In this case, the trial court ordered Defendant to pay court costs at a sentencing hearing in 1999, and Defendant failed to move for a waiver of costs. The Supreme Court noted that section 2947.23(C) provides that for sentences entered on or after March 23, 2013, the trial court retains jurisdiction to waive, suspend, or modify the payment of the costs of prosecution at time. The Court then held that for sentences entered prior to that date, an offender may only seek waiver of costs at sentencing and any subsequent collateral attack on the court’s order is barred by res judicata. In the instant case, the Court held that res judicata precluded the motion Defendant filed to waive the payment of all fines and costs. View "State v. Braden" on Justia Law