Ohio Code § 2901.08

§ 2901.08.

(A) If a person is alleged to have committed an offense and if the person previously

has been adjudicated a delinquent child or juvenile traffic offender for a violation

of a law or ordinance, except as provided in division (B) of this section, the adjudication

as a delinquent child or as a juvenile traffic offender is a conviction for a violation

of the law or ordinance for purposes of determining the offense with which the person

should be charged and, if the person is convicted of or pleads guilty to an offense,

the sentence to be imposed upon the person relative to the conviction or guilty plea. (B) A previous adjudication of a person as a delinquent child or juvenile traffic offender

for a violation of a law or ordinance is not a conviction for a violation of the law

or ordinance for purposes of determining any of the following: (1) Whether the person is a repeat violent offender, as defined in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code , or whether the person should be sentenced as a repeat violent offender under division (B)(2) of section 2929.14 and section 2941.149 of the Revised Code ; (2) Whether the person is a violent career criminal as defined in section 2923.132 of the Revised Code , whether the person has committed unlawful use of a weapon by a violent career criminal

in violation of section 2923.132 of the Revised Code or should be sentenced for that offense under that section, or whether the person

should be sentenced under division (K) of section 2929.14 of the Revised Code as a violent career criminal who had a firearm on or about the person's person or

under the person's control while committing a violent felony offense and displayed

or brandished the firearm, indicated that the offender possessed a firearm, or used

the firearm to facilitate the offense.