State v. Jones

2025 Ohio 69, 256 N.E.3d 56, 178 Ohio St. 3d 223

Opinion

[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as State v. Jones, Slip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-69.]

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SLIP OPINION NO. 2025-OHIO-69 THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. JONES, APPELLANT. [Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as State v. Jones, Slip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-69.] Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed on the authority of State v. Glover. (No. 2024-0598―Submitted January 7, 2025―Decided January 15, 2025.) APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Ashtabula County, No. 2022-A-0022, 2024-Ohio-1010. __________________ The below judgment entry of the court was joined by KENNEDY, C.J., and DEWINE, DETERS, HAWKINS, and SHANAHAN, JJ. FISCHER, J., dissented and would dismiss the appeal has having been improvidently accepted. BRUNNER, J., dissented for the reasons set forth in Justice Stewart’s dissenting opinion in Glover.

{¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed on the authority of State v. Glover, 2024-Ohio-5195. __________________ SUPREME COURT OF OHIO

April Grabman, Ashtabula County Prosecuting Attorney, and Christopher R. Fortunato, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee. Michael A. Partlow, for appellant, Allan Jay Jones. __________________