Title: State v. Harris

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. Harris, Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-723.] 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2010-OHIO-723 
THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. HARRIS, APPELLANT. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as State v. Harris, Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-723.] 
Court of appeals’ judgment reversed on the authority of State v. Singleton. 
(No. 2008-1246 — Submitted January 13, 2010 — Decided March 4, 2010.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Hamilton County, No. C-070506. 
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{¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of 
State v. Singleton, 124 Ohio St.3d 173, 2009-Ohio-6434, 920 N.E.2d 958, to the 
extent that the court of appeals held that R.C. 2929.191 could be applied in this 
case.  R.C. 2929.191 may not be applied to a sentence entered prior to July 11, 
2006. 
 
MOYER, C.J., and PFEIFER, O’CONNOR, O’DONNELL, and CUPP, JJ., 
concur. 
 
LUNDBERG STRATTON and LANZINGER, JJ., dissent for the reasons stated in 
the dissenting opinion of LANZINGER, J., in State v. Singleton. 
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SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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Joseph T. Deters, Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney, and Judith 
Anton Lapp, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee. 
Roger W. Kirk, for appellant. 
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