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The State of Ohio, Appellant, v. Finger, Appellee.
    [Cite as State v. Finger, 104 Ohio St.3d 157, 2004-Ohio-6390.]
    (No. 2003-0396
    Submitted October 26, 2004
    Decided December 8, 2004.)
   {¶ 1} The Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County certified the following issue to this court:

{¶2} “Whether, when a trial court fails to notify an offender at plea or sentencing of mandatory post-release control, a reviewing court should reverse the sentence and remand for resentencing that includes the post-release control advisory or find that the defendant’s prison sentence does not include post-release control.”

William D. Mason, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and Lisa Reitz Williamson, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellant.

{¶ 3} On the authority of State v. Jordan, 104 Ohio St.3d 21, 2004-Ohio-6085, 817 N.E.2d 864, we answer affirmatively to the first alternative in the certified issue.

Moyer, C.J., Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton, O’Connor and O’Donnell, JJ., concur.