Title: State v. Loesser

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

Document:

THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. LOESSER, APPELLANT. 
[Cite as State v. Loesser (1997), ___ Ohio St.3d ___.] 
Criminal law — Requirements for waiver of right to trial by jury — Absent strict 
compliance with R.C. 2945.05, trial court lacks jurisdiction to try defendant 
without a jury — Appellate procedure — Supreme Court jurisdiction — 
Certification of conflict dismissed, when. 
 
(Nos. 95-2439 and 95-2441 — Submitted November 5, 1997 — Decided 
December 24, 1997.) 
 
APPEAL from and CERTIFIED by the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, 
No. 66762. 
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Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, L. 
Christopher Frey and Gail Denise Baker, Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, for 
appellee. 
 
John P. Parker, for appellant. 
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The judgment of the court of appeals in case No. 95-2439 is reversed and 
the cause is remanded to the trial court for further proceedings on the authority of 
State v. Haught (1996), 76 Ohio St.3d 645, 670 N.E.2d 232.  See, also, State v. 
Pless (1996), 74 Ohio St.3d 333, 658 N.E.2d 766. 
 
Case No. 95-2441 is dismissed on the basis that no conflict now exists. 
 
MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK and 
LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur.