Case Title: State v. Lozada

Citation: 2020-Ohio-3756

Docket Number: 2019-1250

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2020-07-21T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as State 
v. Lozada, Slip Opinion No. 2020-Ohio-3756.] 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2020-OHIO-3756 
THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT, v. LOZADA, APPELLEE. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as State v. Lozada, Slip Opinion No. 2020-Ohio-3756.] 
Judgment reversed on the authority of State v. Miller and cause remanded. 
(No. 2019-1250―Submitted July 8, 2020―Decided July 21, 2020.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, 
No. 107827, 2019-Ohio-3040. 
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{¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of 
State v. Miller, __ Ohio St.3d __, 2020-Ohio-1420, __ N.E.3d __, and the cause is 
remanded to the court of appeals for consideration of appellee Ricardo Lozada’s 
remaining assignments of error. 
O’CONNOR, C.J., and KENNEDY, FISCHER, DEWINE, and STEWART, JJ., 
concur. 
FRENCH and DONNELLY, JJ., would instruct the court of appeals to apply 
Miller on remand. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
 
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Michael C. O’Malley, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and 
Gregory Ochocki, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellant. 
Patituce & Associates, L.L.C., Joseph C. Patituce, Megan M. Patituce, and 
C. Adam Carro, for appellee. 
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