Ohio High Court Majority Says Resentencing Did Not Doubly Punish Fraud Defendant

Mealey's (March 13, 2020, 12:07 PM EDT) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — A 5-2 Ohio Supreme Court on March 9 found that a trial court judge did not err when resentencing a woman who was found guilty on counts of insurance fraud, making false alarm and engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, holding that she should not have had an expectation of finality in her sentencing during the direct appeals process and because the trial court could resentence her de novo (State v. Eva Christian, No. 2017-1691, Ohio Sup., 2020 Ohio LEXIS 599)....