Case Title: State v. Bell

Citation: 2016-Ohio-7560

Docket Number: 2015-1893

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2016-11-02T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as State 
v. Bell, Slip Opinion No. 2016-Ohio-7560.] 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2016-OHIO-7560 
THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE AND CROSS-APPELLANT, v. BELL, APPELLANT 
AND CROSS-APPELLEE. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as State v. Bell, Slip Opinion No. 2016-Ohio-7560.] 
Criminal 
law—Due 
process—Preindictment 
delay—Sentencing—2011 
Am.Sub.H.B. No. 86—Judgment affirmed on the authority of State v. Jones 
and State v. Thomas. 
(No. 2015-1893—Submitted October 11, 2016—Decided November 2, 2016.) 
APPEAL and CROSS-APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, 
No. 102141, 2015-Ohio-4178. 
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{¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed on the authority of 
State v. Jones, ___ Ohio St.3d ___, 2016-Ohio-5105, ___ N.E.3d ___, with respect 
to the issues raised in the appeal, and on the authority of State v. Thomas, ___ Ohio 
St.3d ___, 2016-Ohio-5567, ___ N.E.3d ___, with respect to the issues raised in the 
cross-appeal. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
 
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O’CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, LANZINGER, FRENCH, and O’NEILL, JJ., 
concur. 
 
O’DONNELL and KENNEDY, JJ., concur with respect to the appeal, dissent 
with respect to the cross-appeal, and would reinstate the sentence imposed by the 
trial court. 
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Timothy J. McGinty, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and Daniel 
T. Van, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee and cross-appellant. 
 
Robert L. Tobik, Cuyahoga County Public Defender, and Erika B. Cunliffe, 
Assistant Public Defender, for appellant and cross-appellee. 
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