Title: State v. Sibrian

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. Sibrian, Slip Opinion No. 2020-Ohio-3867.] 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2020-OHIO-3867 
THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT, v. SIBRIAN, APPELLEE. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as State v. Sibrian, Slip Opinion No. 2020-Ohio-3867.] 
Court of appeals’ judgment reversed on the authority of State v. Taylor and cause 
remanded. 
(No. 2019-0697―Submitted July 22, 2020―Decided August 4, 2020.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Montgomery County, 
No. 27964, 2019-Ohio-1262. 
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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, J., dissents and would order briefing. 
DONNELLY, J., dissents for the reasons set forth in the dissenting opinion in 
Taylor. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
 
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STEWART, J., dissents and would dismiss the appeal as having been 
improvidently accepted. 
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Mathias H. Heck Jr., Montgomery County Prosecuting Attorney, and 
Andrew T. French, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellant, state of Ohio. 
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