Title: State v. Smith

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. Smith, Slip Opinion No. 2009-Ohio-6539.] 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2009-OHIO-6539 
THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. SMITH, APPELLANT. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as State v. Smith, Slip Opinion No. 2009-Ohio-6539.] 
Certified question answered in the negative and court of appeals’ judgment 
affirmed on the authority of State v. Lester. 
(Nos. 2009-0076 and 2009-0578 — Submitted September 30, 2009 — Decided 
December 17, 2009.) 
CERTIFIED by and APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for 
Montgomery County, Nos. 21463 and 22334, 2008-Ohio-6330. 
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{¶ 1} The certified question is answered in the negative and the 
judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed on the authority of State v. Lester, 
123 Ohio St.3d 396, 2009-Ohio-4225, 916 N.E.2d 1038. 
 
MOYER, 
C.J., 
and 
PFEIFER, 
LUNDBERG 
STRATTON, 
O’CONNOR, 
O’DONNELL, LANZINGER, and CUPP, JJ., concur. 
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Ronald A. Smith, pro se. 
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