Title: State v. Serna

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. Serna, Slip Opinion No. 2020-Ohio-6930.] 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2020-OHIO-6930 
THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. SERNA, APPELLANT. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as State v. Serna, Slip Opinion No. 2020-Ohio-6930.] 
Appeal dismissed as having been improvidently accepted. 
(No. 2019-1594―Submitted December 15, 2020―Decided December 31, 2020.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Champaign County, 
No. 2018-CA-16, 2019-Ohio-4102. 
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{¶ 1} This case is dismissed as having been improvidently accepted. 
{¶ 2} The court orders that the opinion of the court of appeals may not be 
cited as authority except by the parties inter se. 
O’CONNOR, C.J., and FRENCH, FISCHER, and STEWART, JJ., concur. 
DEWINE, J., would not order that the opinion of the court of appeals not be 
cited. 
KENNEDY, J., dissents and would order briefing. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
 
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DONNELLY, J., dissents and would reverse the judgment of the court of 
appeals and remand the cause for application of State v. Patrick, __ Ohio St.3d __, 
2020-Ohio-6803, __ N.E.3d __. 
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Kevin S. Talebi, Champaign County Prosecuting Attorney, and Jane A. 
Napier, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee. 
Timothy Young, Ohio Public Defender, and Stephen P. Hardwick and 
Charlyn Bohland, Assistant Public Defenders, for appellant, Ely Ray Serna. 
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