Title: State v. Carper

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

Document:

[Cite as State v. Carper, 87 Ohio St.3d 35, 1999-Ohio-235.] 
 
 
 
 
 
THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. CARPER, APPELLANT. 
[Cite as State v. Carper (1999), 87 Ohio St.3d 35.] 
Criminal procedure — Involuntary manslaughter — R.C. 2903.04(B), as applied to 
a minor misdemeanor traffic offense which results in a vehicular homicide, 
does not violate the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution or 
Section 9, Article I of the Ohio Constitution — Court of appeals’ judgment 
affirmed on authority of State v. Weitbrecht. 
(No. 99-927 — Submitted September 15, 1999 — Decided October 13, 1999.) 
CERTIFIED by the Court of Appeals for Fayette County, No. CA98-06-009. 
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William N. Eachus and Jeffrey L. Finley, for appellant. 
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The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed on the authority of State v. 
Weitbrecht (1999), 86 Ohio St.3d 368, 715 N.E.2d 167. 
 
MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, COOK AND LUNDBERG 
STRATTON, JJ., CONCUR. 
 
PFEIFER, J., dissents for the reasons stated in his dissenting opinion in State 
v. Weitbrecht (1999), 86 Ohio St.3d 368, 374, 715 N.E.2d 167, 172.