Case Title: State v. McDonald

Citation: 2024-Ohio-527

Docket Number: 2023-0954

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2024-02-14T00:00:00Z

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[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as State 
v. McDonald, Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-527.] 
 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2024-OHIO-527 
THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. MCDONALD, APPELLANT. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as State v. McDonald, Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-527.] 
Appeal dismissed as having been improvidently accepted. 
(No. 2023-0954―Submitted February 6, 2024―Decided February 14, 2024.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Hamilton County, 
No. C-220328, 2023-Ohio-1987. 
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{¶ 1} This cause is dismissed as having been improvidently accepted. 
KENNEDY, C.J., and FISCHER, DEWINE, DONNELLY, and BRUNNER, JJ. 
STEWART, J., dissents and would order briefing on proposition of law No. 
II. 
DETERS, J., not participating. 
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Melissa A. Powers, Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney, and Paula 
Adams, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
 
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Raymond T. Faller, Hamilton County Public Defender, and Sarah E. 
Nelson, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant, Robert McDonald. 
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