Case Title: State v. Hammond

Citation: 2010-Ohio-1423

Docket Number: 20091302

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2010-04-07T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as 
State v. Hammond, Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-1423.] 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2010-OHIO-1423 
THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. HAMMOND, APPELLANT. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as State v. Hammond, Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-1423.] 
Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed in part and reversed in part on the authority 
of State v. Williams, and judgment of the trial court reinstated. 
(No. 2009-1302 — Submitted March 31, 2010 — Decided April 7, 2010.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Hamilton County, No. C-080394. 
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{¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals holding that appellant may be 
convicted of one count of attempted murder is affirmed, and the judgment of the 
court of appeals holding that appellant may not be convicted of two counts of 
felonious assault is reversed, on the authority of State v. Williams, 124 Ohio St.3d 
381, 2010-Ohio-147, 922 N.E.2d 937.  The judgment of the trial court is 
reinstated. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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MOYER, C.J.,1 and LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’CONNOR, O’DONNELL, and 
CUPP, JJ., concur. 
 
PFEIFER and LANZINGER, JJ., dissent and would affirm the judgment of the 
court of appeals. 
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Joseph T. Deters, Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney, and Judith 
Anton Lapp, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee. 
Bruce K. Hust, for appellant. 
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1.  The late Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer participated in the deliberations in, and the final 
resolution of, this case prior to his death.