State v. Scott

2012 Ohio 5910, 984 N.E.2d 1055, 135 Ohio St. 3d 134

• Court: Ohio Supreme Court
• Decided: December 18, 2012
• Docket: 2012-0332
• Status: Published

Opinion

{¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals on the first proposition, which raises the issue of sex-offender classification under 2007 Am.Sub.S.B. No. 10, is reversed on the authority of In re Bruce S., 134 Ohio St.3d 477, 2012-Ohio-5696, 983 N.E.2d 350, and the cause is remanded to the trial court for the limited purpose of holding a classification hearing consistent with In re Bruce S.

{¶ 2} The appeal on the second proposition, which asserts that it “is plain error to fail to instruct a jury that sexual contact requires a defendant to have the purpose to touch one of the erogenous zones described in R.C. 2907.01(B),” is dismissed as having been improvidently allowed.

O’Connor, C.J., and Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton, O’Donnell, Lanzinger, and Cupp, JJ., concur. Kennedy, J., not participating.