Ohio § 2152.14
Full text of Ohio Ohio Revised Code § 2152.14, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 2152.14.
(A)(1) The director of youth services may request the prosecuting attorney of the county
in which is located the juvenile court that imposed a serious youthful offender dispositional
sentence upon a person under section 2152.121 or 2152.13 of the Revised Code to file a motion with that juvenile court to invoke the adult portion of the dispositional
sentence if all of the following apply to the person: (a) The person is at least fourteen years of age. (b) The person is in the institutional custody, or an escapee from the custody, of the
department of youth services. (c) The person is serving the juvenile portion of the serious youthful offender dispositional
sentence. (2) The motion shall state that there is reasonable cause to believe that either of the
following misconduct has occurred and shall state that at least one incident of misconduct
of that nature occurred after the person reached fourteen years of age: (a) The person committed an act that is a violation of the rules of the institution and
that could be charged as any felony or as a first degree misdemeanor offense of violence
if committed by an adult. (b) The person has engaged in conduct that creates a substantial risk to the safety or
security of the institution, the community, or the victim. (B) If a person is at least fourteen years of age, is serving the juvenile portion of
a serious youthful offender dispositional sentence imposed under section 2152.121 or 2152.13 of the Revised Code , and is on parole or aftercare from a department of youth services facility, or on
community control, the director of youth services, the juvenile court that imposed
the serious youthful offender dispositional sentence on the person, or the probation
department supervising the person may request the prosecuting attorney of the county
in which is located the juvenile court to file a motion with the juvenile court to
invoke the adult portion of the dispositional sentence. The prosecuting attorney may file a motion to invoke the adult portion of the dispositional
sentence even if no request is made. The motion shall state that there is reasonable cause to believe that either of
the following occurred and shall state that at least one incident of misconduct of
that nature occurred after the person reached fourteen years of age: (1) The person committed an act that is a violation of the conditions of supervision
and that could be charged as any felony or as a first degree misdemeanor offense of
violence if committed by an adult. (2) The person has engaged in conduct that creates a substantial risk to the safety or
security of the community or of the victim. (C) If the prosecuting attorney declines a request to file a motion that was made by
the department of youth services or the supervising probation department under division
(A) or (B) of this section or fails to act on a request made under either division
by the department within a reasonable time, the department of youth services or the
supervising probation department may file a motion of the type described in division
(A) or (B) of this section with the juvenile court to invoke the adult portion of
the serious youthful offender dispositional sentence. If the prosecuting attorney declines a request to file a motion that was made by
the juvenile court under division (B) of this section or fails to act on a request
from the court under that division within a reasonable time, the juvenile court may
hold the hearing described in division (D) of this section on its own motion. (D) Upon the filing of a motion described in division (A), (B), or (C) of this section,
the juvenile court may hold a hearing to determine whether to invoke the adult portion
of a person's serious juvenile offender dispositional sentence. The juvenile court shall not invoke the adult portion of the dispositional sentence
without a hearing. At the hearing the person who is the subject of the serious youthful offender disposition
has the right to be present, to receive notice of the grounds upon which the adult
sentence portion is sought to be invoked, to be represented by counsel including counsel
appointed under Juvenile Rule 4(A) , to be advised on the procedures and protections set forth in the Juvenile Rules,
and to present evidence on the person's own behalf, including evidence that the person
has a mental illness or intellectual disability. The person may not waive the right to counsel. The hearing shall be open to the public. If the person presents evidence that the person has a mental illness or intellectual
disability, the juvenile court shall consider that evidence in determining whether
to invoke the adult portion of the serious youthful offender dispositional sentence. (E)(1) The juvenile court may invoke the adult portion of a person's serious youthful offender
dispositional sentence if the juvenile court finds all of the following on the record
by clear and convincing evidence: (a) The person is serving the juvenile portion of a serious youthful offender dispositional
sentence. (b) The person is at least fourteen years of age and has been admitted to a department
of youth services facility, or criminal charges are pending against the person. (c) The person engaged in the conduct or acts charged under division (A), (B), or (C)
of this section, and the person's conduct demonstrates that the person is unlikely
to be rehabilitated during the remaining period of juvenile jurisdiction. (2) The court may modify the adult sentence the court invokes to consist of any lesser
prison term that could be imposed for the offense and, in addition to the prison term
or in lieu of the prison term if the prison term was not mandatory, any community
control sanction that the offender was eligible to receive at sentencing. (F) If a juvenile court issues an order invoking the adult portion of a serious youthful
offender dispositional sentence under division (E) of this section, the juvenile portion
of the dispositional sentence shall terminate, and the department of youth services
shall transfer the person to the department of rehabilitation and correction or place
the person under another sanction imposed as part of the sentence. The juvenile court shall state in its order the total number of days that the person
has been held in detention or in a facility operated by, or under contract with, the
department of youth services under the juvenile portion of the dispositional sentence. The time the person must serve on a prison term imposed under the adult portion
of the dispositional sentence shall be reduced by the total number of days specified
in the order plus any additional days the person is held in a juvenile facility or
in detention after the order is issued and before the person is transferred to the
custody of the department of rehabilitation and correction. In no case shall the total prison term as calculated under this division exceed
the maximum prison term available for an adult who is convicted of violating the same
sections of the Revised Code. Any community control imposed as part of the adult sentence or as a condition of a
judicial release from prison shall be under the supervision of the entity that provides
adult probation services in the county. Any post-release control imposed after the offender otherwise is released from prison
shall be supervised by the adult parole authority.
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