Title: State v. Freeman

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. Freeman, Slip Opinion No. 2011-Ohio-5162.] 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2011-OHIO-5162 
THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. FREEMAN, APPELLANT. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as State v. Freeman, Slip Opinion No. 2011-Ohio-5162.] 
Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed on the authority of State v. Hodge and State 
v. Dunlap. 
(No. 2010-1671—Submitted September 6, 2011—Decided October 12, 2011.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, No. 91890, 
2010-Ohio-3057. 
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{¶ 1} Proposition of Law No. I is dismissed, sua sponte, as having been 
improvidently accepted.  On consideration of Proposition of Law No. IV, the 
judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed on the authority of State v. Hodge, 
128 Ohio St.3d 1, 2010-Ohio-6320, 941 N.E.2d 768.  On consideration of 
Proposition of Law No. VI, the judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed on 
the authority of State v. Dunlap, ___ Ohio St.3d ___, 2011-Ohio-4111, ___ 
N.E.2d ___. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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O’CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’DONNELL, 
LANZINGER, CUPP, and MCGEE BROWN, JJ., concur. 
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William D. Mason, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and 
Katherine Mullin, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee. 
Robert L. Tobik, Cuyahoga County Public Defender, and Erika Cunliffe, 
Assistant Public Defender, for appellant. 
Ron O’Brien, Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney, and Sheryl Prichard, 
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, Franklin 
County Prosecuting Attorney. 
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