Case Title: State v. Haven

Citation: 2005-Ohio-2286

Docket Number: 20041073 and 20041074

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2005-05-25T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Cite as State v. Haven, 105 Ohio St.3d 418 , 2005-Ohio-2286.] 
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THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. HAVEN, APPELLANT. 
[Cite as State v. Haven, 105 Ohio St.3d 418, 2005-Ohio-2286.] 
Criminal law — Sexually-violent-predator specification — Certified question 
answered. 
(Nos. 2004-1073 and 2004-1074 — Submitted April 13, 2005 — Decided  
May 25, 2005.) 
APPEAL from and CERTIFIED by the Court of Appeals for Wayne County,  
No. 02CA0069, 2004-Ohio-2512. 
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{¶ 1} The Court of Appeals for Wayne County certified the following 
question to this court:  “Can an offender be convicted of a sexually violent 
predator specification without there being a separate, prior conviction for a 
sexually violent offense?” 
{¶ 2} On the authority of State v. Smith, 104 Ohio St.3d 106, 2004-Ohio-
6238, 818 N.E.2d 283, we answer the certified question in the negative.  
Therefore, the judgment of the court of appeals is reversed to the extent it is 
inconsistent 
with 
State 
v. 
Smith, 
appellant’s 
sexually-violent-predator 
specification conviction and sentence are vacated, and the cause is remanded to 
the trial court for resentencing consistent with State v. Smith. 
 
MOYER, C.J., RESNICK, PFEIFER, LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’CONNOR and 
LANZINGER, JJ., concur. 
 
O’DONNELL, J., dissents. 
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David H. Bodiker, Ohio Public Defender, and Craig M. Jaquith, Assistant 
State Public Defender, for appellant. 
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