Case Title: State v. Walls

Citation: 2010-Ohio-1806

Docket Number: 20092112

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2010-04-28T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as 
State v. Walls, Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-1806.] 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2010-OHIO-1806 
THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. WALLS, APPELLANT. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as State v. Walls, Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-1806.] 
Motion for reconsideration granted, discretionary appeal accepted on 
Proposition of Law No. I, judgment of the court of appeals reversed in 
part on the authority of State v. Singleton, and cause remanded to the trial 
court. 
(No. 2009-2112 — Submitted April 20, 2010 — Decided April 28, 2010.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, No. 92280, 
2009-Ohio-4985. 
ON MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION 
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{¶ 1} Appellant has filed a motion for reconsideration of the court's 
denial of the discretionary appeal in this matter, reported at 124 Ohio St.3d 1476, 
2010-Ohio-354, 921 N.E.2d 247. 
{¶ 2} The motion for reconsideration is granted.  The discretionary 
appeal is accepted on Proposition of Law No. I.  The judgment of the court of 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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appeals is reversed as to its holding on the second assignment of error below on 
the authority of State v. Singleton, 124 Ohio St.3d 173, 2009-Ohio-6434, 920 
N.E.2d 958, and the cause is remanded to the trial court for further proceedings 
consistent with State v. Singleton. 
 
LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’CONNOR, O’DONNELL, and CUPP, JJ., concur. 
 
PFEIFER, ACTING C.J., and LANZINGER, J., dissent and would deny the 
motion for reconsideration. 
 
The late CHIEF JUSTICE THOMAS J. MOYER did not participate in the 
decision in this case. 
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William D. Mason, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and T. Allan 
Regas, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee. 
 
Robert L. Tobik, Cuyahoga County Public Defender, and John T. Martin, 
Assistant Public Defender, for appellant. 
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