State v. Ramsay (Slip Opinion)

2020 Ohio 6931, 165 N.E.3d 1268, 162 Ohio St. 3d 508

• Court: Ohio Supreme Court
• Decided: December 31, 2020
• Docket: 2020-0620
• Status: Published

Opinion

[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as State v. Ramsay, Slip Opinion No. 2020-Ohio-6931.]

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SLIP OPINION NO. 2020-OHIO-6931 THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. RAMSAY, APPELLANT. [Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as State v. Ramsay, Slip Opinion No. 2020-Ohio-6931.] Court of appeals’ judgment reversed on the authority of State v. Patrick and cause remanded. (No. 2020-0620―Submitted December 15, 2020―Decided December 31, 2020.) APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Medina County, No. 19CA0016-M, 2020-Ohio-1203. _________________ {¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed, and the cause is remanded to the court of appeals for application of State v. Patrick, __ Ohio St.3d __, 2020-Ohio-6803, __ N.E.3d __. O’CONNOR, C.J., and KENNEDY, FRENCH, FISCHER, DONNELLY, and STEWART, JJ., concur. DEWINE, J., dissents and would dismiss the appeal as having been improvidently accepted. SUPREME COURT OF OHIO

_________________ S. Forrest Thompson, Medina County Prosecuting Attorney, and Vincent V. Vigluicci, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee. Timothy Young, Ohio Public Defender, and Charlyn Bohland and Stephen P. Hardwick, Assistant Public Defenders, for appellant, Gavon N. Ramsay. _________________