Title: State v. Dunson

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

Document:

[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as State 
v. Dunson, Slip Opinion No. 2020-Ohio-3871.] 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2020-OHIO-3871 
THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT, v. DUNSON, APPELLEE. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as State v. Dunson, Slip Opinion No. 2020-Ohio-3871.] 
Court of appeals’ judgment reversed on the authority of State v. Taylor and cause 
remanded. 
(No. 2017-0186―Submitted July 22, 2020―Decided August 4, 2020.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Montgomery County, 
No. 26990, 2016-Ohio-8365. 
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{¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed, and the cause is 
remanded to the court of appeals for application of State v. Taylor, __ Ohio St.3d 
__, 2020-Ohio-3514, __ N.E.3d __. 
O’CONNOR, C.J., and KENNEDY, FISCHER, and DEWINE, JJ., concur. 
FRENCH and STEWART, JJ., would not remand the cause. 
DONNELLY, J., dissents for the reasons set forth in the dissenting opinion in 
Taylor. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
 
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Mathias H. Heck Jr., Montgomery County Prosecuting Attorney, and 
Andrew T. French and Heather N. Jans, Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, for 
appellant, state of Ohio. 
Timothy Young, Ohio Public Defender, and Patrick T. Clark, Assistant 
Public Defender, for appellee, James L. Dunson. 
American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation, Elizabeth Bonham, 
Caitlin Hill, and Freda J. Levenson, urging affirmance for amici curiae American 
Civil Liberties Union of Ohio, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, 
Southern Poverty Law Center, and Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under 
Law. 
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