Case Title: Hart v. State

Citation: 2010-Ohio-4985

Docket Number: 20101258

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2010-10-19T00:00:00Z

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[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as 
Hart v. State, Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-4985.] 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2010-OHIO-4985 
HART, APPELLANT, v. THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as Hart v. State, Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-4985.] 
Discretionary appeal accepted on Proposition of Law No. III, judgment of the 
court of appeals reversed in part on the authority of State v. Bodyke, and 
cause remanded to the trial court for further proceedings consistent with 
State v. Bodyke. 
(No. 2010-1258 — Submitted September 28, 2010 — Decided October 19, 2010.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Hamilton County, No. C-090029. 
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{¶ 1} The discretionary appeal is accepted on Proposition of Law No. III. 
{¶ 2} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed as to that portion 
of the judgment that rejected a constitutional challenge to the Adam Walsh Act on 
separation-of-powers grounds on the authority of State v. Bodyke, 126 Ohio St.3d 
266, 2010-Ohio-2424, 933 N.E.2d 753, and the cause is remanded to the trial 
court for further proceedings, if any, necessitated by State v. Bodyke. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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BROWN, 
C.J., 
and 
PFEIFER, 
LUNDBERG 
STRATTON, 
O’CONNOR, 
O’DONNELL, LANZINGER, and CUPP, JJ., concur. 
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Dinsmore & Shohl, L.L.P., Michael J. Newman, Christopher R. 
McDowell, and Kurt R. Hunt, for appellant. 
 
Joseph T. Deters, Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney, and Paula E. 
Adams, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee. 
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