Case Title: State v. Ortiz

Citation: 2010-Ohio-2672

Docket Number: 

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2010-06-16T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as 
State v. Ortiz, Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-2672.] 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2010-OHIO-2672 
THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT, v. ORTIZ, APPELLEE. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as State v. Ortiz, Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-2672.] 
Motion for reconsideration granted in part, order reinstating judgment of the trial 
court vacated, and cause remanded to the court of appeals. 
(No. 2009-1925 — Submitted May 25, 2010 — Decided June 16, 2010.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, No. 91819, 
2009-Ohio-4982. 
ON MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION 
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{¶ 1} On April 7, 2010, the court accepted the discretionary appeal in 
this case, reversed in part the judgment of the court of appeals on the authority of 
State v. Williams, 124 Ohio St.3d 381, 2010-Ohio-147, 922 N.E.2d 937, and 
reinstated  the judgment of the trial court.  124 Ohio St.3d 562, 2010-Ohio-1429, 
925 N.E.2d 138. 
{¶ 2} Appellant has filed a motion for reconsideration of the court's 
order of April 7, 2010. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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{¶ 3} The motion for reconsideration is granted to the following extent:  
The portion of the court’s April 7, 2010 order reinstating the judgment of the trial 
court is vacated, and the cause is remanded to the court of appeals for 
consideration of the assignments of error held to be moot below. 
BROWN, 
C.J., 
and 
PFEIFER, 
LUNDBERG 
STRATTON, 
O’CONNOR, 
O’DONNELL, and CUPP, JJ., concur. 
 
LANZINGER, J., dissents. 
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William D. Mason, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and Kristen 
L. Sobieski, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellant. 
 
Robert L. Tobik, Cuyahoga County Public Defender, and John T. Martin 
and David M. King, Assistant Public Defenders, for appellee. 
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