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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2929.142

Aggravated vehicular homicide - mandatory prison term

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case State v. Hardesty (2025)

Most recently applied in State v. Hardesty (December 2025)

Effective: April 9, 2025; Latest Legislation: House Bill 37 - 135th General Assembly

Notwithstanding the definite prison terms and minimum prison terms specified in divisions (A)(1)(a) and (b) of section 2929.14 of the Revised Code for a felony of the first degree, all of the following apply:

(A) If an offender is convicted of or pleads guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide in violation of division (A)(1) of section 2903.06 of the Revised Code and division (B)(2)(c) of that section applies, the court shall impose upon the offender as the minimum prison term for the offense under division (A)(1)(a) of section 2929.14 of the Revised Code a mandatory prison term of five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, or fifteen years.

(B) If an offender is convicted of or pleads guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide in violation of division (A)(1) of section 2903.06 of the Revised Code and division (B)(2)(d) of that section applies, the court shall impose upon the offender as the minimum prison term for the offense under division (A)(1)(a) of section 2929.14 of the Revised Code a mandatory prison term that is twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, or twenty years.

Last updated January 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM

Official source: Ohio Laws & Administrative Rules (Legislative Service Commission). Reproduced from public-domain Ohio statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.