Section 2930.12 | Notice of the defendant's acquittal or conviction.

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• Effective: September 30, 2011
• Legislation: House Bill 86 - 129th General Assembly

At the request of the victim in a criminal prosecution, the prosecutor shall give the victim notice of the defendant's acquittal or conviction. At the request of the victim in a delinquency proceeding, the prosecutor shall give the victim notice of the dismissal of the complaint against the alleged juvenile offender or of the adjudication of the alleged juvenile offender as a delinquent child, except that, if the juvenile court dismisses the complaint against the alleged juvenile offender or adjudicates the alleged juvenile offender a delinquent child prior to the prosecutor's involvement in the case, at the request of the victim, the court or a court employee shall give the victim notice of the dismissal or of the adjudication. If the defendant or alleged juvenile offender is convicted or is adjudicated a delinquent child, the notice shall include all of the following:

(A) The crimes or specified delinquent acts of which the defendant was convicted or for which the alleged juvenile offender was adjudicated a delinquent child;

(B) The address and telephone number of the probation office or other person, if any, that is to prepare a presentence investigation report pursuant to section 2951.03 of the Revised Code or Criminal Rule 32.2, the address and telephone number of the person, if any, who is to prepare a disposition investigation report pursuant to division (C)(1) of section 2152.18 of the Revised Code, and the address and telephone number of the person, if any, who is to prepare a victim impact statement pursuant to division (D)(1) of section 2152.19 or section 2947.051 of the Revised Code;

(C) Notice that the victim may make a statement about the impact of the crime or specified delinquent act to the probation officer or other person, if any, who prepares the presentence investigation report or to the person, if any, who prepares a victim impact statement, that a statement of the victim included in the report will be made available to the defendant or alleged juvenile offender unless the court exempts it from disclosure, and that the court may make the victim impact statement available to the defendant or alleged juvenile offender;

(D) Notice of the victim's right under section 2930.14 of the Revised Code to make a statement about the impact of the crime or specified delinquent act before sentencing or disposition;

(E) The date, time, and place of the sentencing hearing or dispositional hearing;

(F) One of the following:

(1) Any sentence imposed upon the defendant and any subsequent modification of that sentence, including modification under section 2929.20 or 5120.036 of the Revised Code or as a result of the defendant's appeal of the sentence pursuant to section 2953.08 of the Revised Code;

(2) Any disposition ordered for the defendant and any subsequent modification of that disposition, including judicial release or early release in accordance with section 2151.38 of the Revised Code.

Available Versions of this Section

• September 30, 2011 – House Bill 86 - 129th General Assembly
• April 6, 2023 – Amended by House Bill 343 - 134th General Assembly