Title: State v. Meador

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. Meador, Slip Opinion No. 2009-Ohio-5861.] 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2009-OHIO-5861 
THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT AND CROSS-APPELLEE, v. MEADOR, 
APPELLEE AND CROSS-APPELLANT. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as State v. Meador, Slip Opinion No. 2009-Ohio-5861.] 
Discretionary cross-appeal accepted and cause remanded to the court of appeals 
for consideration of an assignment of error. 
(No. 2009-0884 — Submitted October 20, 2009 — Decided November 10, 2009.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Warren County, No. CA2008-03-042, 
2009-Ohio-2195. 
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{¶ 1} The discretionary appeal is not accepted. 
{¶ 2} The discretionary cross-appeal is accepted. 
{¶ 3} The judgment of the court of appeals holding as moot the 
assignment of error in which appellant below challenged the sufficiency of the 
evidence is reversed, and the cause is remanded to the court of appeals for 
consideration of that assignment of error. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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MOYER, 
C.J., 
and 
PFEIFER, 
LUNDBERG 
STRATTON, 
O’CONNOR, 
O’DONNELL, LANZINGER, and CUPP, JJ., concur. 
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Rachel A. Hutzel, Warren County Prosecuting Attorney, and Michael 
Greer, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellant and cross-appellee. 
 
Fred S. Miller; and Repper, Pagan & Cook, Ltd., and Christopher J. 
Pagan, for appellee and cross-appellant. 
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