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<p class="MsoNormal">Good morning y’all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As per our discussion during last night’s Zoom Platform call , here are the sentences that I have found on the Internet to all four misdemeanors.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="balgo" style="margin-left:.25in;line-height:18.0pt">Ohio Misdemeanor Crimes by Class and Sentences<b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="balgo" style="margin-left:.25in;line-height:13.5pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Unless a particular Ohio criminal law allows for a specific sentence, each degree of misdemeanor offense has a maximum penalty
associated with it. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="balgo" style="margin-left:.25in;line-height:13.5pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">First-degree misdemeanor: up to 180 days in jail.
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<p class="balgo" style="margin-left:.25in;line-height:13.5pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Second-degree misdemeanor: up to 90 days in jail.
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<p class="balgo" style="margin-left:.25in;line-height:13.5pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="balgo" style="margin-left:.25in;line-height:13.5pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Third-degree misdemeanor: up to 60 days in jail.
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<p class="balgo" style="margin-left:.25in;line-height:13.5pt"><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Fourth</span></strong><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> degree
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">misdemeanor</span></strong>: up to 30 days in jail.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="balgo" style="margin-left:.25in;line-height:13.5pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="balgo" style="margin-left:.25in;line-height:13.5pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#001BA0">Examples of misdemeanor crimes include the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="balgo" style="margin-left:.25in;line-height:13.5pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#001BA0">all traffic crimes, DWI, shoplifting, petty larceny, criminal damage to property, assault, battery, disorderly
conduct, resisting arrest, and negligent use of a firearm. The case may be prosecuted by a citing officer or by the prosecuting attorney.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="balgo" style="margin-left:.25in;line-height:13.5pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#001BA0"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="balgo" style="margin-left:.25in;line-height:13.5pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#001BA0">Misdemeanor cases should be tried within 182 days from arraignment . If the trial is lost, an appeal must be
submitted to district court within 15 days. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="balgo" style="margin-left:.25in;line-height:13.5pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#001BA0"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="balgo" style="margin-left:.25in;line-height:13.5pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#001BA0">Misdemeanor convictions may have a substantial impact outside the actual penalties imposed such as loss of driving
privileges, car insurance, or even a job. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="balgo" style="margin-left:.25in;line-height:13.5pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#001BA0"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="balgo" style="margin-left:.25in;line-height:13.5pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#001BA0">Also, the effects of a misdemeanor conviction may be experienced years later due to a resulting permanent NCIC
(national crime statistics) record.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="balgo" style="margin-left:.25in;line-height:13.5pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="balgo" style="margin-left:.25in;line-height:13.5pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more info visit the following links/websites:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="balgo" style="margin-left:.25in;line-height:13.5pt"><cite><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.criminaldefenselawyer.com/topics/ohio-crimes-laws-penalties"><span style="color:#006D21;text-decoration:none">Ohio
Crimes: Laws & Penalties</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></cite></p>
<p class="balgo" style="line-height:13.5pt"><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#006D21">www.criminaldefenselawyer.com</span></strong><cite><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></cite><cite><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
</span></cite><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#767676"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Have a wonderful day y’all.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><a name="OLE_LINK1">Ali Benmerzouga<o:p></o:p></a></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1">National Federation of the Blind of Ohio - Cleveland Chapter, Board Member,
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1">Chair of Cleveland Chapter Legislative Committee,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1">Cell Phone - 440-590-0315.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"></span>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Please Visit and like our Chapter’s Facebook Page:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">https://m.facebook.com/NationalFederationOfTheBlindOfOhioClevelandChapter/
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">***<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people
and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">***<o:p></o:p></p>
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