State v. Green

2025 Ohio 591, 257 N.E.3d 171, 178 Ohio St. 3d 272

Opinion

[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as State v. Green, Slip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-591.]

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SLIP OPINION NO. 2025-OHIO-591 THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. GREEN, APPELLANT.

[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as State v. Green, Slip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-591.]

Sua sponte, causes dismissed as having been improvidently certified and accepted.

(Nos. 2024-0586 and 2024-0670―Submitted February 11, 2025―Decided February 26, 2025.)

APPEAL from and CERTIFIED by the Court of Appeals for Marion County, No. 9-22-13, 2023-Ohio-4360.

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The below judgment entry of the court was joined by KENNEDY, C.J., and FISCHER, DEWINE, DETERS, HAWKINS, and SHANAHAN, JJ. BRUNNER, J., concurred in part and dissented in part and would lift the stay of the briefing schedule in case No. 2024-0670 and order the parties to brief that case.

SUPREME COURT OF OHIO

{¶ 1} Sua sponte, the causes are dismissed as having been improvidently certified and accepted. Appellant’s motion to “unconsolidate,” lift stay, and order briefing is denied as moot.

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Raymond A. Grogan Jr., Marion County Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee. Elizabeth R. Miller, Ohio Public Defender, and Timothy B. Hackett, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant, Ziair Green.

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