Title: State v. Dehler

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. Dehler, Slip Opinion No. 2011-Ohio-5347.] 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2011-OHIO-5347 
THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. DEHLER, APPELLANT. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as State v. Dehler, Slip Opinion No. 2011-Ohio-5347.] 
Criminal law—Sex-offender registration—2007 Am.Sub.S.B. No. 10, as applied to 
defendants who committed sex offenses prior to its enactment, violates 
Section 28, Article II of the Ohio Constitution, which prohibits the General 
Assembly from passing retroactive laws. 
(No. 2009-1974—Submitted March 1, 2011—Decided October 20, 2011.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Trumbull County, No. 2008-T-0061,  
2009-Ohio-5059. 
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{¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed, and the cause is 
remanded for application of State v. Williams, 129 Ohio St.3d 344, 2011-Ohio-
3374, ___ N.E.2d ___. 
O’CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, LUNDBERG STRATTON, LANZINGER, CUPP, 
and MCGEE BROWN, JJ., concur. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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O’DONNELL, J., dissents and would affirm the judgment of the court of 
appeals. 
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Dennis Watkins, Trumbull County Prosecuting Attorney, and Deena 
DeVico and Lu Wayne Annos, Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, for appellee. 
Timothy Young, Ohio Public Defender, and Jason A. Macke, Assistant 
Public Defender, for appellant. 
 
Robert L. Tobik, Cuyahoga County Public Defender, and Cullen Sweeney, 
Assistant Public Defender, urging reversal for amicus curiae Cuyahoga County 
Public Defender. 
 
Michael DeWine, Attorney General, Alexandra T. Schimmer, Chief 
Deputy Solicitor General, and David M. Lieberman, Deputy Solicitor, urging 
affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Attorney General. 
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