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Ohio Rev. Code § 2941.1423 (2026)

Mandatory prison term - pregnancy known to offender

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April 4, 2023
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Senate Bill 288 - 134th General Assembly
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Imposition of a mandatory prison term under division (B)(8) of section 2929.14 of the Revised Code or a mandatory jail term under division (E) of section 2929.24 of the Revised Code is precluded unless the offender is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of section 2903.11, 2903.12, or 2903.13 of the Revised Code and unless the indictment, count in the indictment, or information charging the offense specifies the victim of the offense was a woman whom the offender knew was pregnant at the time of the offense. 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 prosecuting attorney's name when appropriate) further find and specify that (set forth that the victim of the offense was a woman whom the defendant knew was pregnant at the time of the offense)."

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 2014–2024 · leading case: State v. Bode, 41 N.E.3d 1156 (Ohio 2015).
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State v. Bode, 41 N.E.3d 1156 (Ohio 2015). “See also R.C. 2941.1423 and 2929.13(G)(2). 2 {¶ 6} Bode was sentenced to a total three-year mandatory prison term as a result of the convictions on the two specifications and 54 months of confinement, suspended, with five years of community control for the two OVI counts.”
State v. Barnette, 2014 Ohio 5405 (Ohio Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “(b) Regardless of whether the felonious assault is a felony of the first or second degree under division (D)(1)(a) of this section, if the offender also is convicted of or pleads guilty to a specification as described in section 2941.1423 of the Revised Code that was included in…”
State v. Wade, 2023 Ohio 3490 (Ohio Ct. App. 2023). “The felonious assault charge contained an additional pregnant victim specification pursuant to R.C. 2941.1423. The charges related to the shooting deaths of Brian Keith Williams, III and Marlazia Lashonda Jones-Mattox on or about January 1, 2018.”
State v. Smith, 2024 Ohio 5745 (Ohio 2024). · cites it 2× “25(A), a fourth-degree felony, with one pregnant-victim specification under R.C. 2941.1423, for an incident that occurred on March 21, 2020, in which Smith allegedly assaulted his pregnant fiancé, B.”
State v. Dillion, 2023 Ohio 777 (Ohio Ct. App. 2023). “The felonious assault charge contained an additional pregnant victim specification pursuant to R.C. 2941.1423. The charges related to the shooting deaths of Brian Keith Williams, III and Marlazia Lashonda Jones-Mattox on or about January 1, 2018.”
Thompson v. Bracy (N.D. Ohio 2020). · cites it 2× “Thompson first asserts that the state trial court inappropriately used an antique firearm to enhance his sentence, which he argues is contrary to Ohio Rev. Code § 2941.1423. (Doc. No. 14 at p.”
State v. Carnegie, 2024 Ohio 1892 (Ohio Ct. App. 2024). “Count 4 included the three-year firearm specification as well as a pregnant victim specification (pursuant to R.C. 2941.1423). Prior to trial, Carnegie signed a jury waiver for Count 5, having weapons while under disability and the RVO and prior conviction specifications.”
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