Case Title: State v. Clinton

Citation: 1998-Ohio-672

Docket Number: 19981395

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 1998-12-02T00:00:00Z

Document:
THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT, v. CLINTON, APPELLEE. 
[Cite as State v. Clinton (1998), ___ Ohio St.3d ___.] 
Criminal procedure — Classification as sexual predator — Court of appeals’ 
judgment reversed on authority of State v. Cook — Sexual predator 
determination by trial court reinstated. 
(No. 98-1395 — Submitted October 13, 1998 — Decided December 2, 1998.) 
CERTIFIED by the Court of Appeals for Erie County, No. E-97-097. 
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Kevin J. Baxter, Erie County Prosecuting Attorney, and Mary Ann Barylski, 
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellant. 
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The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of State v. 
Cook (1998), 83 Ohio St.3d 404, 700 N.E.2d 570. 
 
The trial court’s finding that Ervin Clinton is a sexual predator is reinstated. 
 
MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK and 
LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur.