Case Title: State v. Hamilton

Citation: 2010-Ohio-5269

Docket Number: 20091878 and 20091958

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2010-11-02T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as 
State v. Hamilton, Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-5269.] 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2010-OHIO-5269 
THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT, v. HAMILTON, APPELLEE. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as State v. Hamilton, Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-5269.] 
Certified question answered in the affirmative and judgment of the court of 
appeals reversed on the authority of State v. Horner. 
(Nos. 2009-1878 and 2009-1958 — Submitted June 8, 2010 — Decided  
November 2, 2010.) 
APPEAL from and CERTIFIED by the Court of Appeals for Montgomery County,  
No. 22895, 183 Ohio App.3d 819, 2009-Ohio-4602. 
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{¶ 1} The certified question is answered in the affirmative and the 
judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of State v. Horner, 
126 Ohio St.3d 466, 2010-Ohio-3830, 935 N.E.2d 26. 
 
BROWN, 
C.J., 
and 
PFEIFER, 
LUNDBERG 
STRATTON, 
O’CONNOR, 
O’DONNELL, and CUPP, JJ., concur. 
 
LANZINGER, J., dissents. 
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SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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Mathias H. Heck Jr., Montgomery County Prosecuting Attorney, and 
Kirsten A. Brandt, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellant. 
 
Timothy Young, Ohio Public Defender, and Craig M. Jaquith, Assistant 
Public Defender, for appellee. 
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