Case Title: Cleveland v. Jones

Citation: 2016-Ohio-2914

Docket Number: 2015-0381

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2016-05-12T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as 
Cleveland v. Jones, Slip Opinion No. 2016-Ohio-2914.] 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2016-OHIO-2914 
THE CITY OF CLEVELAND, APPELLEE, v. JONES, APPELLANT. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as Cleveland v. Jones, Slip Opinion No. 2016-Ohio-2914.] 
Appeal dismissed as improvidently accepted. 
(No. 2015-0381—Submitted February 9, 2016—Decided May 12, 2016.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, 
No. 100598, 2014-Ohio-4201. 
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{¶ 1} The cause is dismissed, sua sponte, as having been improvidently 
accepted. 
{¶ 2} The court orders that the opinion of the court of appeals may not be 
cited as authority except by the parties inter se. 
 
O’CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, O’DONNELL, and LANZINGER, JJ., concur. 
 
KENNEDY, FRENCH, and O’NEILL, JJ., dissent. 
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SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
 
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Barbara Langhenry, Cleveland Director of Law, and Bridget E. Hopp, 
Assistant City Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee. 
 
Robert L. Tobik, Cuyahoga County Public Defender, and Cullen Sweeney 
and David Eidenmiller, Assistant Public Defenders, for appellant. 
 
Michael DeWine, Attorney General, Eric E. Murphy, State Solicitor, and 
Samuel C. Peterson, Deputy Solicitor, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, Ohio 
Attorney General. 
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