Title: State v. Ortiz

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. Ortiz, Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-1429.] 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2010-OHIO-1429 
THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT, v. ORTIZ, APPELLEE. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as State v. Ortiz, Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-1429.] 
Discretionary appeal accepted, court of appeals’ judgment reversed in part on the 
authority of State v. Williams, and judgment of the trial court reinstated. 
(No. 2009-1925 — Submitted March 31, 2010 — Decided April 7, 2010.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, 
No. 91819, 2009-Ohio-4982. 
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{¶ 1} The discretionary appeal is accepted. 
{¶ 2} The judgment of the court of appeals holding that the felonious 
assault counts were allied offenses of similar import committed with a single 
animus and that the attempted murder and felonious assault counts were allied 
offenses of similar import committed with a single animus is reversed on the 
authority of State v. Williams, 124 Ohio St.3d 381, 2010-Ohio-147, 922 N.E.2d 
937.  The judgment of the trial court is reinstated. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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MOYER, C.J.,1 and LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’CONNOR, O’DONNELL, and 
CUPP, JJ., concur. 
 
PFEIFER and LANZINGER, JJ., dissent and would affirm the judgment of the 
court of appeals. 
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William D. Mason, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and Kristen 
L. Sobieski, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellant. 
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1.  The late Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer participated in the deliberations in, and the final 
resolution of, this case prior to his death.