Ohio Code 2941.1414 – Peace officer victim of aggravated vehicular homicide specification
(A) Imposition of a five-year mandatory prison term upon an offender under division (B)(5) of section 2929.14 of the Revised Code is precluded unless the offender is convicted of or pleads guilty to violating division (A)(1) or (2) of section 2903.06 of the Revised Code and unless the indictment, count in the indictment, or information charging the offense specifies that the victim of the offense is a peace officer, an investigator of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation, a firefighter, or an emergency medical worker. 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:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 2941.1414
- Child: includes child by adoption. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
“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 victim of the offense is a peace officer, an investigator of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation, a firefighter, or an emergency medical worker).”
(B) The specification described in division (A) of this section may be used in a delinquent child proceeding in the manner and for the purpose described in section 2152.17 of the Revised Code.
(C) As used in this section:
(1) “Peace officer” has the same meaning as in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code.
(2) “Investigator of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation” has the same meaning as in section 2903.11 of the Revised Code.
(3) “Firefighter” and “emergency medical worker” have the same meanings as in section 4123.026 of the Revised Code.
Last updated March 8, 2023 at 11:37 AM