Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Rev. Code § 2941.45 (2026)

Trial of person serving workhouse sentence

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October 1, 1953

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House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly

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Any person serving a sentence in jail or the workhouse, who is indicted or informed against for another offense, may be brought before the court of common pleas upon warrant for that purpose, for arraignment and trial. Such person shall remain in the custody of the jailer or keeper of the workhouse, but may be temporarily confined in the jail, if a prisoner in the workhouse.

If such prisoner is convicted and sentenced upon trial, he shall be returned to the jail or workhouse to serve out the former sentence before the subsequent sentence is executed.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2011–2025 · leading case: State v. Tellis, 2020-Ohio-6982, 165 N.E.3d 825.

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State v. Tellis, 2020-Ohio-6982, 165 N.E.3d 825. “R.C. 2941.45. {¶ 73} “At its heart, the allied-offense analysis is dependent upon the facts of a case because R.”

State v. Gardner, 2011-Ohio-2644. “ASSIGNMENT OF ERROR NUMBER ONE ¶{16} Appellant’s first assignment of error provides: ¶{17} “THE TRIAL COURT COMMITTED PLAIN ERROR WHEN IT FAILED TO MERGE THE ALLIED OFFENSES OF KIDNAPPING, FELONIOUS ASSAULT AND RAPE FOR PURPOSES OF SENTENCING, AS REQUIRED BY R.C. 2941.45 [AND…”

State v. Bridges, 2018-Ohio-1388. “The trial court erred in failing to merge the counts of rape and kidnapping, as they should have been considered allied offenses under R.C. 2941.45; III. The trial court erred when it denied appellant’s motion for a new trial where Bridges was denied effective assistance of…”

State v. Sinkovitz, 2014-Ohio-4492, 20 N.E.3d 1206. “11(A)(2) & R.C. 2941.45, and (2) domestic violence in violation of R.”

Reynolds v. Smith, No. 1:24-cv-01265 (N.D. Ohio Apr. 8, 2025). · cites it 2× “Rather, he relies on the application of Ohio law to his sentence, and asserts that Ohio’s allied offenses of similar import statute – O.R.C. § 2941.45 – was misapplied by the trial court when it declined to merge Counts One, Four, and Five.”

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