Section 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: "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" means a firefighter, whether paid or volunteer, of a lawfully constituted fire department.(4) "Emergency medical worker" means a first responder, emergency medical technician-basic, emergency medical technician-intermediate, or emergency medical technician-paramedic, certified under Chapter 4765. of the Revised Code, whether paid or volunteer.Amended by 135th General Assembly, SB 106,§1, eff. 6/12/2024.Amended by 134th General Assembly, SB 288,§1, eff. 4/4/2023.Amended by 129th General Assembly, HB 86, §1, eff. 9/30/2011.Effective Date: 06-01-2004; 01-04-2007