Title: State v. Anderson

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. Anderson, Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-1109.] 
 
 
NOTICE 
This slip opinion is subject to formal revision before it is published in 
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to promptly notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of Ohio, 
65 South Front Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215, of any typographical or 
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made before the opinion is published. 
 
SLIP OPINION NO. 2010-OHIO-1109 
THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT AND CROSS-APPELLEE, v. ANDERSON, 
APPELLEE AND CROSS-APPELLANT. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as State v. Anderson, Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-1109.] 
Discretionary appeal accepted, discretionary cross-appeal not accepted, and 
judgment of the court of appeals reversed in part on the authority of State 
v. Whitfield. 
(No. 2009-1761 — Submitted January 12, 2010 — Decided March 25, 2010.) 
APPEAL and CROSS-APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, 
No. 91209, 183 Ohio App.3d 522, 2009-Ohio-3900. 
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{¶ 1} The discretionary appeal is accepted. 
{¶ 2} The discretionary cross-appeal is not accepted. 
{¶ 3} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed, on the authority 
of State v. Whitfield, 124 Ohio St.3d 319, 2010-Ohio-2, 922 N.E.2d 182, to the 
extent that the court of appeals directed the trial court to vacate the finding of 
guilt on one of the allied offenses. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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MOYER, C.J., and LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’CONNOR, O’DONNELL, and 
CUPP, JJ., concur. 
 
PFEIFER and LANZINGER, JJ., dissent and would not accept the 
discretionary appeal. 
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William D. Mason, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and Kristen 
L. Sobieski, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellant and cross-appellee. 
 
Timothy Young, Ohio Public Defender, and Andrew J. King, Assistant 
Public Defender, for appellee and cross-appellant. 
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