Title: State v. Carstaphen

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

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[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as State 
v. Carstaphen, Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-976.] 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2024-OHIO-976 
THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. CARSTAPHEN, APPELLANT. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as State v. Carstaphen, Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-976.] 
Appeal dismissed as having been improvidently accepted. 
(No. 2022-1297―Submitted January 6, 2023―Decided March 19, 2024.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, 
No. 110906, 2022-Ohio-3129. 
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{¶ 1} This cause is dismissed as having been improvidently accepted. 
KENNEDY, C.J., and FISCHER, DEWINE, and DETERS, JJ., concur. 
DONNELLY, J., dissents and would hold the cause for the decision in 2023-
1289, State v. Smith. 
STEWART and BRUNNER, JJ., dissent and would order the parties to brief the 
appeal on proposition of law No. I. 
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SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
 
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Cullen Sweeney, Cuyahoga County Public Defender, and Francis Cavallo, 
Assistant Public Defender, for appellant, Antonio Carstaphen. 
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