Title: State v. Shaffer

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

Document:

THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT, v. SHAFFER, APPELLEE. 
[Cite as State v. Shaffer (1998), ___ Ohio St.3d ___.] 
Criminal procedure — Classification as sexual predator — Court of appeals’ 
judgment reversed on authority of State v. Cook — Sexual predator 
determination by trial court reinstated. 
(No. 98-1255 — Submitted October 13, 1998 — Decided December 2, 1998.) 
CERTIFIED by the Court of Appeals for Marion County, No. 9-97-70. 
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Jim W. Slagle, Marion County 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 trial court’s determination that Ronald R. Shaffer is a sexual predator is 
reinstated. 
 
MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK and 
LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur.