Title: State v. Colston

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

Document:

[Cite as State v. Colston, 111 Ohio St.3d 266, 2006-Ohio-5703.] 
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THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. COLSTON, APPELLANT. 
[Cite as State v. Colston, 111 Ohio St.3d 266, 2006-Ohio-5703.] 
Criminal law – Sufficiency of indictment – Indictment that tracks language of the 
charged offense and identifies predicate offense by referring to statute 
number is not defective for failure to include each element of predicate 
offense – Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed on the authority of State v. 
Buehner. 
(No. 2006-0272 — Submitted September 20, 2006 — Decided  
November 15, 2006.) 
CERTIFIED BY the Court of Appeals for Clermont County,  
No. CA2004-11-099, 2005-Ohio-7031. 
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{¶ 1} The certified question is answered in the affirmative and the 
judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed on the authority of State v. Buehner, 
110 Ohio St.3d 403, 2006-Ohio-4707, 853 N.E.2d 1162.. 
 
MOYER, C.J., RESNICK, LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’CONNOR, O’DONNELL 
and LANZINGER, JJ., concur. 
 
PFEIFER, J., dissents for the reasons he dissented in State v. Buehner, 110 
Ohio St.3d 403, 2006-Ohio-4707, 853 N.E.2d 1162. 
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Law Firm of Curt C. Hartman and Curt C. Hartman, for appellant. 
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