Title: State v. Freeman

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. Freeman, Slip Opinion No. 2009-Ohio-6538.] 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2009-OHIO-6538 
THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT, v. FREEMAN, APPELLEE. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as State v. Freeman, Slip Opinion No. 2009-Ohio-6538.] 
Certified question answered, and court of appeals’ judgment reversed on the 
authority of State v. Lester. 
(No. 2009-1235 — Submitted September 1, 2009 — Decided  
December 17, 2009.) 
CERTIFIED by the Court of Appeals for Mahoning County, No. 08 MA 81,  
2009-Ohio-3052. 
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{¶ 1} This matter is before the court upon the certification of a conflict 
by the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Appellate District.  The court determines 
that a conflict exists. 
{¶ 2} The certified question is answered by the court’s opinion in State v. 
Lester, 123 Ohio St.3d 396, 2009-Ohio-4225, 916 N.E.2d 1038.  The judgment of 
the court of appeals as to appellee’s (appellant below) first assignment of error is 
reversed on the authority of State v. Lester. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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MOYER, 
C.J., 
and 
PFEIFER, 
LUNDBERG 
STRATTON, 
O’CONNOR, 
O’DONNELL, and CUPP, JJ., concur. 
 
LANZINGER, J., dissents. 
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Paul J. Gains, Mahoning County Prosecuting Attorney, and Ralph M. 
Rivera, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellant. 
William A. Freeman, pro se. 
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