Title: State v. Johnson

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. Johnson, Slip Opinion No. 2012-Ohio-975.] 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2012-OHIO-975 
THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. JOHNSON, APPELLANT. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets,  
it may be cited as State v. Johnson, Slip Opinion No. 2012-Ohio-975.] 
Court of appeals’ judgment vacated and cause remanded for application of 
United States v. Jones. 
(No. 2011-0033—Submitted October 19, 2011—Decided March 13, 2012.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Butler County, No. CA2009-12-307, 
190 Ohio App.3d 750, 2010-Ohio-5808. 
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{¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is vacated, and the cause is 
remanded to the court of common pleas for application of United States v. Jones, 
___ U.S. ___, 132 S.Ct. 945, ___ L.Ed.2d ___ (2012). 
{¶ 2} Appellee’s motion for supplemental briefing is denied. 
O’CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’DONNELL, 
LANZINGER, CUPP, and MCGEE BROWN, JJ., concur. 
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SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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Michael T. Gmoser, Butler County Prosecuting Attorney, Michael A. 
Oster Jr., Chief, Appellate Division, and Donald R. Caster, Assistant Prosecuting 
Attorney, for appellee. 
Arenstein & Gallagher and William R. Gallagher, for appellant. 
Ravert J. Clark, urging reversal for amici curiae National Association of 
Criminal Defense Lawyers, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Center for 
Democracy and Technology. 
Norman L. Reimer, Executive Director, and Michael W. Price, National 
Security Coordinator; and Vladeck, Waldman, Elias & Engelhard, P.C., and 
Susan J. Walsh, urging reversal for amicus curiae National Association of 
Criminal Defense Lawyers. 
Timothy Young, Ohio Public Defender, urging reversal for amicus curiae 
Office of the Ohio Public Defender. 
Cullen Sweeney, urging reversal for amicus curiae Ohio Association of 
Criminal Defense Lawyers. 
H. Louis Sirkin and Jennifer M. Kinsley, urging reversal for amicus curiae 
First Amendment Lawyers Association. 
Gamso, Helmick & Hoolahan, and Jeffrey M. Gamso, urging reversal for 
amicus curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation, Inc. 
Jack A. Guttenberg and Daniel T. Kobil, Professors of Law, Capital 
University Law School, amici curiae, urging reversal. 
Lewis R. Katz, Professor of Law, Case Western Reserve University 
School of Law, amicus curiae, urging reversal. 
Margery M. Koosed, Professor of Law, University of Akron School of 
Law, amicus curiae, urging reversal. 
Janet Moore, Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, University of Cincinnati 
College of Law, amicus curiae, urging reversal. 
January Term, 2012 
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John B. Quigley, Professor of Law, Moritz College of Law, Ohio State 
University, amicus curiae, urging reversal. 
Richard B. Saphire, Professor of Law, University of Dayton School of 
Law, amicus curiae, urging reversal. 
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