Case Name: The State, ex rel. Woods, Appellee, v. Kraft, Judge, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1979-05-30
Citations: 58 Ohio St. 2d 251
Docket Number: No. 78-1451
Parties: The State, ex rel. Woods, Appellee, v. Kraft, Judge, Appellant.
Judges: Celebrezze, C. J., W. Brown, P. Brown, Sweeney, ■Locher and Holmes, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Second Series
Volume: 58
Pages: 251–252

Head Matter:
The State, ex rel. Woods, Appellee, v. Kraft, Judge, Appellant.
(No. 78-1451
Decided May 30, 1979.)
Latimer é Swing Co., L. P. A., and Mr. Albert J. Meste-maher, for appellee.
Mr. Simon L. Leis,Jr., prosecuting attorney, and Mr. Leonard Kirschner, for appellant.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Effective November 1, 1978, R. C. 2945.-37 provides that in a sanity hearing, "[t]he court shall not find a defendant incompetent to stand trial solely because he is receiving or has received psychotropic drugs or other medication under medical supervision, even though without- such drugs or medication the defendant might become incompetent to stand trial." Thus, wé find that this appeal is moot.
Appellee's motion to dismiss this appeal is hereby allowed.
Appeal dismissed.
Celebrezze, C. J., W. Brown, P. Brown, Sweeney, Locher and Holmes, JJ., concur.
Herbert, J., concurs in the judgment.