State v. Stevens (Slip Opinion)

2017 Ohio 7863

• Court: Ohio Supreme Court
• Decided: September 28, 2017
• Docket: 2017-0032
• Status: Published

Opinion

[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as State v. Stevens, Slip Opinion No. 2017-Ohio-7863.]

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SLIP OPINION NO. 2017-OHIO-7863 THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT, v. STEVENS, APPELLEE. [Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as State v. Stevens, Slip Opinion No. 2017-Ohio-7863.] Court of appeals’ judgment reversed on the authority of State v. Grimes and cause remanded. (No. 2017-0032―Submitted June 7, 2017―Decided September 28, 2017.) APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Muskingum County, No. CT2016-0055, 2016-Ohio-8568. _________________ {¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of State v. Grimes, ___ Ohio St.3d ___, 2017-Ohio-2927, __ N.E.3d ___, and this cause is remanded to the trial court for further proceedings consistent with our decision in Grimes. O’CONNOR, C.J., and O’DONNELL, O’NEILL, and FISCHER, JJ., concur. KENNEDY, FRENCH, and DEWINE, JJ., concur in judgment only. _________________ SUPREME COURT OF OHIO

D. Michael Haddox, Muskingum County Prosecuting Attorney, and Gerald V. Anderson II, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellant. _________________