Ohio § 2945.71

§ 2945.71.

(A) Subject to division (D) of this section, a person against whom a charge is pending

in a court not of record, or against whom a charge of minor misdemeanor is pending

in a court of record, shall be brought to trial within thirty days after the person's

arrest or the service of summons. (B) Subject to division (D) of this section, a person against whom a charge of misdemeanor,

other than a minor misdemeanor, is pending in a court of record, shall be brought

to trial as follows: (1) Within forty-five days after the person's arrest or the service of summons, if the

offense charged is a misdemeanor of the third or fourth degree, or other misdemeanor

for which the maximum penalty is imprisonment for not more than sixty days; (2) Within ninety days after the person's arrest or the service of summons, if the offense

charged is a misdemeanor of the first or second degree, or other misdemeanor for which

the maximum penalty is imprisonment for more than sixty days. (C) A person against whom a charge of felony is pending: (1) Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in Criminal Rule 5(B) , shall be accorded a preliminary hearing within fifteen consecutive days after the

person's arrest if the accused is not held in jail in lieu of bail on the pending

charge or within ten consecutive days after the person's arrest if the accused is

held in jail in lieu of bail on the pending charge; (2) Except as provided in division (C) of section 2945.73 of the Revised Code , shall be brought to trial within two hundred seventy days after the person's arrest. (D) A person against whom one or more charges of different degrees, whether felonies,

misdemeanors, or combinations of felonies and misdemeanors, all of which arose out

of the same act or transaction, are pending shall be brought to trial on all of the

charges within the time period required for the highest degree of offense charged,

as determined under divisions (A), (B), and (C) of this section. (E) For purposes of computing time under divisions (A), (B), (C)(2), and (D) of this

section, each day during which the accused is held in jail in lieu of bail on the

pending charge shall be counted as three days.  This division does not apply for purposes of computing time under division (C)(1)

of this section or for purposes of computing the fourteen-day period specified in section 2945.73 of the Revised Code . (F) This section shall not be construed to modify in any way section 2941.401 or sections 2963.30 to 2963.35 of the Revised Code .