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The State of Ohio, Appellant, v. Crager, Appellee.
    [Cite as State v. Crager, 123 Ohio St.3d 1210, 2009-Ohio-4760.]
    (Nos. 2006-0294 and 2006-0298
    Submitted August 11, 2009
    Decided September 17, 2009.)
    Brent Yager, Marion County Prosecuting Attorney, for appellant.
    Collins & Lowther, L.P.A., and Kevin P. Collins, for appellee.
   {¶ 1} This court issued its judgment in this cause on December 27, 2007. State v. Crager, 116 Ohio St.3d 369, 2007-Ohio-6840, 879 N.E.2d 745.

{¶ 2} On June 29, 2009, the Supreme Court of the United States vacated that judgment and remanded the cause to this court for further consideration in light of Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts (2009), 557 U.S. -, 129 S.Ct. 2527, 174 L.Ed.2d 314. Crager v. Ohio, — U.S. -, 129 S.Ct. 2856, 174 L.Ed.2d 598.

{¶ 3} Because the trial court has not had an opportunity to address the admissibility of the DNA evidence admitted at the trial in light of the holding in Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, we sua sponte vacate the judgment of the trial court and remand the cause to the trial court for a new trial consistent with Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts.

Moyer, C.J., and Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton, O’Connor, O’Donnell, and Lanzinger, JJ., concur.

Cupp, J., not participating.