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State v. Cotton

Supreme Court of Ohio
Dec 9, 2008
2008 Ohio 6249 (Ohio 2008)

Opinion

No. 2007-1449.

Submitted November 19, 2008.

Decided December 9, 2008.

APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Hamilton County, No. C-060264.

Joseph T. Deters, Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney, and Judith Anton Lapp, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

Timothy Young, Ohio Public Defender, and Theresa G. Haire, Assistant State Public Defender, for appellant.


{¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed, on the authority of State v. Brown, 119 Ohio St.3d 447, 2008-Ohio-4569, 895 N.E.2d 149, as to the court of appeals' holding on appellant's fourth assignment of error below to the extent that the two counts of felonious assault in violation of R.C. 2903.11(A)(1) and (2) were held to not be allied offenses of similar import under R.C. 2941.25(A). The cause is remanded to the trial court for further proceedings consistent with State v. Brown.

MOYER, C.J., and PFEIFER, LUNDBERG STRATTON, O'CONNOR, O'DONNELL, LANZINGER, and CUPP, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

State v. Cotton

Supreme Court of Ohio
Dec 9, 2008
2008 Ohio 6249 (Ohio 2008)
Case details for

State v. Cotton

Case Details

Full title:THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. COTTON, APPELLANT

Court:Supreme Court of Ohio

Date published: Dec 9, 2008

Citations

2008 Ohio 6249 (Ohio 2008)
120 Ohio St. 3d 321
898 N.E.2d 959

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