State v. Heflin

2024 Ohio 449

Opinion

[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as State v. Heflin, Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-449.]

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SLIP OPINION NO. 2024-OHIO-449 THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. HEFLIN, APPELLANT. [Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as State v. Heflin, Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-449.] Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed on the authority of State v. Daniel and State v. Hacker. (No. 2022-1637―Submitted February 6, 2024―Decided February 13, 2024.) CERTIFIED by the Court of Appeals for Wood County, No. WD-22-006. __________________ {¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed on the authority of State v. Daniel, __ Ohio St.3d __, 2023-Ohio-4035, __ N.E.3d __, and State v. Hacker, __ Ohio St.3d __, 2023-Ohio-2535, __ N.E.3d __. KENNEDY, C.J., and DEWINE, STEWART, and DETERS, JJ., concur. FISCHER and BRUNNER, JJ., concur in judgment only for the reasons set forth in their separate opinions in Daniel. DONNELLY, J., dissents. _________________ SUPREME COURT OF OHIO

Paul A. Dobson, Wood County Prosecuting Attorney, and David T. Harold, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee. Jeffrey P. Nunnari, for appellant, Ronnie Heflin. _________________