Case Title: State v. Crager

Citation: 2009-Ohio-4760

Docket Number: 

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2009-09-17T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Cite as State v. Crager, 123 Ohio St.3d 1210, 2009-Ohio-4760.] 
 
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.) 
APPEAL from and CERTIFIED by the Court of Appeals for Marion County, 
No. 9-04-54, 164 Ohio App.3d 816, 2005-Ohio-6868. 
ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 
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{¶ 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. State, ___ 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. 
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Brent Yager, Marion County Prosecuting Attorney, for appellant. 
Collins & Lowther, L.P.A., and Kevin P. Collins, for appellee. 
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