(A) "First offender" means anyone who has been convicted of | 11 |
an offense in this state or any other jurisdiction and who | 12 |
previously or subsequently has not been convicted of the same or a | 13 |
different offense in this state or any other jurisdiction. When | 14 |
two or more convictions result from or are connected with the same | 15 |
act or result from offenses committed at the same time, they shall | 16 |
be counted as one conviction. When two or three convictions result | 17 |
from the same indictment, information, or complaint, from the same | 18 |
plea of guilty, or from the same official proceeding, and result | 19 |
from related criminal acts that were committed within a | 20 |
three-month period but do not result from the same act or from | 21 |
offenses committed at the same time, they shall be counted as one | 22 |
conviction, provided that a court may decide as provided in | 23 |
division (C)(1)(a) of section 2953.32 of the Revised Code that it | 24 |
is not in the public interest for the two or three convictions to | 25 |
be counted as one conviction. | 26 |
For purposes of, and except as otherwise provided in, this | 27 |
division, a conviction for a minor misdemeanor, for a violation of | 28 |
any section in Chapter 4507., 4510., 4511., 4513., or 4549. of the | 29 |
Revised Code, or for a violation of a municipal ordinance that is | 30 |
substantially similar to any section in those chapters is not a | 31 |
previous or subsequent conviction. However, a conviction for a | 32 |
violation of section 4511.19, 4511.251, 4549.02, 4549.021, | 33 |
4549.03, 4549.042, or 4549.62 or sections 4549.41 to 4549.46 of | 34 |
the Revised Code, for a violation of section 4510.11 or 4510.14 of | 35 |
the Revised Code that is based upon the offender's operation of a | 36 |
vehicle during a suspension imposed under section 4511.191 or | 37 |
4511.196 of the Revised Code, for a violation of a substantially | 38 |
equivalent municipal ordinance, for a felony violation of Title | 39 |
XLV of the Revised Code, or for a violation of a substantially | 40 |
equivalent former law of this state or former municipal ordinance | 41 |
shall be considered a previous or subsequent conviction. | 42 |
(J) "Final discharge," when used in connection with an | 68 |
offender who was convicted of a violation of section 2921.43 of | 69 |
the Revised Code or any other offense involving misconduct in | 70 |
public office, means a release from all obligations and | 71 |
satisfaction of all conditions imposed by the sentencing, agreed | 72 |
to by the offender at sentencing, or imposed by statute as a | 73 |
consequence of the offense. | 74 |