Title: In re A.W.

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

Document:

[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as In 
re A.W., Slip Opinion No. 2016-Ohio-5455.] 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2016-OHIO-5455 
IN RE A.W. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as In re A.W., Slip Opinion No. 2016-Ohio-5455.] 
Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed in part on the authority of In re 
D.S.—Appeal dismissed in part as having been improvidently 
accepted. 
(No. 2015-1645—Submitted July 13, 2016—Decided August 23, 2016.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Knox County, 
No. 15CA3, 2015-Ohio-3463. 
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{¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed as to the holdings 
regarding double jeopardy and due process on the authority of In re D.S., 146 Ohio 
St.3d 182, 2016-Ohio-1027, 54 N.E.3d 1184. 
{¶ 2} The remainder of the appeal is dismissed as having been 
improvidently accepted. 
 
O’CONNOR, C.J., and O’DONNELL, KENNEDY, and FRENCH, JJ., concur. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
 
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PFEIFER, LANZINGER, and O’NEILL, JJ., dissent for the reasons stated in the 
dissenting opinion in In re D.S. and would order briefing on the issues raised in the 
remainder of the appeal. 
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Timothy Young, Ohio Public Defender, and Charlyn Bohland, Assistant 
Public Defender, for appellant, A.W. 
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