(A) Imposition of a mandatory prison term under division (B)(7) of section 2929.14 of the Revised Code is precluded unless the offender is convicted of or pleads guilty to a felony violation of section 2905.01, 2905.02, 2907.21, 2907.22, or 2923.32, division (A)(1) or (2) of section 2907.323, or division (B)(1), (2), (3), (4), or (5) of section 2919.22 of the Revised Code and unless the indictment, count in the indictment, or information charging the offense specifies that the offender knowingly committed the offense in furtherance of human trafficking. The specification shall be stated at the end of the body of the indictment, count, or information and shall be stated in substantially the following form:
"SPECIFICATION (or, SPECIFICATION TO THE FIRST COUNT). The Grand Jurors (or insert the person's or the prosecuting attorney's name when appropriate) further find and specify that (set forth that the defendant knowingly committed the offense in furtherance of human trafficking)."
(B) As used in this section, "human trafficking" has the same meaning as in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10
cases (4 in the last 5 years), 2011–2026 · leading case: State v. Willan, 2013-Ohio-2405, 994 N.E.2d 400.
State v. Willan, 2013-Ohio-2405, 994 N.E.2d 400. · cites it 4ד01(AAA) and the human- trafficking specification in R.C. 2941.1422. R.C. 2923.32(B)(1) also provides that if an offender is convicted of engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity under R.”
State v. Willan, 2011-Ohio-6603. · cites it 4ד32 and several other criminal offenses were amended to enhance the penalties for convictions that included a human trafficking specification under R.C. 2941.1422. The human trafficking specification targets multiple felony violations of crimes including kidnapping and compelling…”
State v. Haudenschild, 2024-Ohio-407. “22, a felony of the second degree, with a Human Trafficking specification pursuant to R.C. 2941.1422(A); 2). Trafficking in Persons – Commercial Sex in violation of R.”
State v. Jones, 2024-Ohio-1512, 239 N.E.3d 1177. “22(B)(5) and (E)(4), a felony of the second degree, with a human trafficking specification pursuant to R.C. 2941.1422(A); Count Two: pandering obscenity in violation of R.”
State v. Nelms, 2020-Ohio-6845. “Fourteen of the counts included a human trafficking specification pursuant to R.C. 2941.1422. {¶ 3} On February 21, 2013, appellant filed a motion to dismiss for lack of proper venue, claiming all but one of the alleged offenses did not occur in Delaware County.”
State v. Nelms, 2014-Ohio-3316. “Fourteen of the counts included a human trafficking specification pursuant to R.C. 2941.1422. {¶2} On February 21, 2013, appellant filed a motion to dismiss for lack of proper venue, claiming all but one of the alleged offenses did not occur in Delaware County.”
State v. Armstead, 2026-Ohio-999. “One may also argue that the latter category only applies to specifications, given that the General Assembly knows how to differentiate between requiring a prison term for a felony that has an attendant specification and requiring a prison term for the specification itself.”
State v. Seymour, 2024-Ohio-5186, 257 N.E.3d 265. · cites it 2ד22 of the Revised Code, if the offender is convicted of or pleads guilty to a specification as described in section 2941.1422 of the Revised Code that was included in the indictment, count in the indictment, or information charging the offense.”
State v. Parsons, 2015-Ohio-5103. · cites it 2דIf the offender in any case also is convicted of or pleads guilty to a specification as described in section 2941.1422 of the Revised Code that was {¶39} Appellant maintains he entered his neighbor's apartment for the sole purpose of physically retrieving his girlfriend.”
State v. Nelms, 2015-Ohio-3202. “Fourteen of the counts included a human trafficking specification pursuant to R.C. 2941.1422. {¶3}. On February 21, 2013, appellant filed a motion to dismiss for lack of proper venue, claiming all but one of the alleged offenses did not occur in Delaware County.”
Ohio Rev. Code § 2941.1422(A): 2 cases
State v. Haudenschild, 2024-Ohio-407. “22, a felony of the second degree, with a Human Trafficking specification pursuant to R.C. 2941.1422(A); 2). Trafficking in Persons – Commercial Sex in violation of R.”
State v. Jones, 2024-Ohio-1512, 239 N.E.3d 1177. “22(B)(5) and (E)(4), a felony of the second degree, with a human trafficking specification pursuant to R.C. 2941.1422(A); Count Two: pandering obscenity in violation of R.”
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