Case Title: State v. Bell

Citation: 2016-Ohio-7561

Docket Number: 

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 In 
re Cases Held for the Decision in State v. Thomas, Slip Opinion No. 2016-Ohio-7561.] 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2016-OHIO-7561 
IN RE CASES HELD FOR THE DECISION IN STATE v. THOMAS. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as In re Cases Held for the Decision in State v. Thomas, Slip 
Opinion No. 2016-Ohio-7561.] 
Disposition of cases held for the decision in State v. Thomas—Judgments of the 
court of appeals affirmed. 
(Submitted October 11, 2016—Decided November 2, 2016.) 
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{¶ 1} The judgments of the court of appeals in the following cases are 
affirmed on the authority of State v. Thomas, ___ Ohio St.3d ___, 2016-Ohio-5567, 
___ N.E.3d ___. 
{¶ 2} 2015-0947.  State v. Kent, 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No. 101853, 2015-
Ohio-1546. 
{¶ 3} 2015-0994.  State v. Bryan, 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No. 101209, 2015-
Ohio-1635. 
{¶ 4} 2015-1273.  State v. Hill, 2015-Ohio-2389, 37 N.E.3d 822 (8th Dist.). 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
 
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{¶ 5} 2015-1810.  State v. Owens, 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No. 102276, 2015-
Ohio-3881. 
 
O’CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, LANZINGER, FRENCH, and O’NEILL, JJ., 
concur. 
 
O’DONNELL and KENNEDY, JJ., dissent and would reinstate the sentences 
imposed by the trial courts. 
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{¶ 6} The judgments of the court of appeals in the following cases are also 
affirmed on the authority of State v. Thomas, ___ Ohio St.3d ___, 2016-Ohio-5567, 
___ N.E.3d ___. 
{¶ 7} 2015-1357.  State v. Irby, 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No. 102263, 2015-
Ohio-2705. 
{¶ 8} 2015-1592.  State v. Stearns, 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No. 102463, 2015-
Ohio-3239. 
{¶ 9} 2015-1767.  State v. Wheeler, 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No. 102375, 2015-
Ohio-3768. 
{¶ 10} 2015-1950.  State v. Brown, 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No. 102377, 2015-
Ohio-4372. 
{¶ 11} 2015-1986.  State v. Jackson, 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No. 102271, 2015-
Ohio-4490. 
{¶ 12} 2015-1987.  State v. Burton, 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No. 102378, 2015-
Ohio-4494. 
{¶ 13} 2015-1988.  State v. Frost, 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No. 102376, 2015-
Ohio-4493. 
{¶ 14} 2015-2043.  State v. Jenkins, 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No. 102462, 2015-
Ohio-4583. 
{¶ 15} 2016-0490.  State v. Gales, 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No. 102809, 2016-
Ohio-588. 
January Term, 2016 
 
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O’CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, LANZINGER, FRENCH, and O’NEILL, JJ., 
concur. 
 
O’DONNELL and KENNEDY, JJ., dissent and would reverse and remand to 
the trial courts with instructions to sentence the defendants pursuant to the law in 
effect at the time of the offense. 
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