Case Title: State v. Thomas

Citation: 2010-Ohio-577

Docket Number: 20090630

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2010-02-24T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as 
State v. Thomas, Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-577.] 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2010-OHIO-577 
THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT, v. THOMAS, APPELLEE. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as State v. Thomas, Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-577.] 
Judgment of the court of appeals vacated, judgment of the trial court vacated, and 
cause remanded to the trial court for resentencing. 
(No. 2009-0630 — Submitted February 17, 2010 — Decided February 24, 2010.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Hamilton County, No. C-010724, 
2009-Ohio-971. 
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{¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals entered on March 6, 2009 is 
vacated. The judgment of the trial court entered on May 12, 2009 resentencing 
appellee pursuant to the court of appeals’ judgment is also vacated. 
{¶ 2} The cause is remanded to the trial court for a determination of 
whether postrelease control was properly imposed in appellee’s 2001 sentence 
and, if not, for resentencing. 
 
MOYER, 
C.J., 
and 
PFEIFER, 
LUNDBERG 
STRATTON, 
O’CONNOR, 
O’DONNELL, and CUPP, JJ., concur. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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LANZINGER, J., dissents and would dismiss the appeal as having been 
improvidently accepted. 
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Joseph T. Deters, Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney, and Scott M. 
Heenan, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellant. 
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