Title: State v. Vaughan

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

Document:

THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT, v. VAUGHAN, APPELLEE. 
[Cite as State v. Vaughan (1998), ___ Ohio St.3d ___.] 
Criminal procedure — Classification as sexual predator — Court of appeals’ 
judgment reversed and cause remanded to trial court to conduct sexual 
predator classification hearing pursuant to R.C. 2950.09(C)(2) on authority 
of State v. Cook. 
(No. 97-2325 — Submitted October 13, 1998 — Decided November 25, 1998.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Union County, No. 14-97-14. 
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R. Larry Schneider, Union County Prosecuting Attorney, and Rick Rodger, 
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellant. 
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The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of State v. 
Cook (1998), 83 Ohio St.3d 404, 700 N.E.2d 570. 
 
The cause is remanded to the trial court to conduct a sexual predator 
classification hearing pursuant to R.C. 2950.09(C)(2). 
 
MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK and 
LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur.