State v. Bettis (Slip Opinion)

2016 Ohio 8472

• Court: Ohio Supreme Court
• Decided: December 30, 2016
• Docket: 2016-1033
• Status: Published

Opinion

[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as State v. Bettis, Slip Opinion No. 2016-Ohio-8472.]

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SLIP OPINION NO. 2016-OHIO-8472 THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. BETTIS, APPELLANT. [Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as State v. Bettis, Slip Opinion No. 2016-Ohio-8472.] Court of appeals’ judgment reversed on the authority of State v. Pittman, and cause remanded to trial court for further proceedings. (No. 2016-1033—Submitted December 20, 2016—Decided December 30, 2016.) APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Delaware County, No. 15-CAA-10-0088, 2016-Ohio-4615. _______________ {¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of State v. Pittman, ___ Ohio St.3d ___, 2016-Ohio-8314, ___ N.E.3d ___, and this cause is remanded to the trial court for further proceedings consistent with our decision in Pittman. O’CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, O’DONNELL, KENNEDY, FRENCH, and O’NEILL, JJ., concur. LANZINGER, J., dissents. SUPREME COURT OF OHIO

_________________ Carol Hamilton O’Brien, Delaware County Prosecuting Attorney, and Cory J. Goe, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee. Timothy Young, Ohio Public Defender, and Kristopher A. Haines, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant. _________________