Case Name: The State of Ohio, Appellee, v. Wyant, Appellant; The State of Ohio, Appellant, v. May et al., Appellees; The State of Ohio, Appellant, v. Van Gundy et al., Appellees
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1994-01-12
Citations: 68 Ohio St. 3d 162
Docket Number: Nos. 91-199, 91-1519 and 91-1211/91-1589
Parties: The State of Ohio, Appellee, v. Wyant, Appellant. The State of Ohio, Appellant, v. May et al., Appellees. The State of Ohio, Appellant, v. Van Gundy et al., Appellees.
Judges: Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Resnick and F.E. Sweeney, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 68
Pages: 162–170

Head Matter:
The State of Ohio, Appellee, v. Wyant, Appellant. The State of Ohio, Appellant, v. May et al., Appellees. The State of Ohio, Appellant, v. Van Gundy et al., Appellees.
[Cite as State v. Wyant (1994), 68 Ohio St.3d 162.]
(Nos. 91-199, 91-1519 and 91-1211/91-1589
Submitted October 12, 1993
Decided January 12, 1994.)
W. Duncan Whitney, Delaware County Prosecuting Attorney, and Sue Ann Reulbach, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee in case No. 91-199.
Mathias H. Heck, Jr., Montgomery County Prosecuting Attorney, and Carley Ingram, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellant in case No. 91-1519.
Michael Miller, Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney, and Katherine J. Press, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellants in case Nos. 91 — 1211/91— 1589.
Lee I. Fisher, Attorney General, Simon B. Karas, Deputy Chief Counsel, and Andrew S. Bergman, Assistant Attorney General, as supplementary counsel, for appellee in case No. 91-199 and appellants in case Nos. 91-1211/91-1589 and 91-1519.
Gloria Eyerly, Ohio Public Defender, Susan B. Gellman, Assistant Public Defender, and Robert L. Lane, Chief Appellate Counsel, for appellant in case No. 91-199.
Terry L. Lewis, for appellee James B. May, Jr. in case No. 91-1519.
Gary C. Schaengold, for appellee Mark J. Staton in case No. 91-1519.
Gary W. Grim, for appellee Aaron L. Plessinger in case No. 91-1519.
Harold Wonnell, for appellee Clancy Van Gundy in case Nos. 91-1211/91-1589.
Andrew E. Lyles, for appellee Casey Van Gundy in case Nos. 91-1211/91-1589.
Samuel B. Weiner, for appellee Franklin D. Clay in case Nos. 91-1211/91-1589.
Judith M. Stevenson, Franklin County Public Defender, and Allen V. Adair, Assistant Public Defender, for appellee Robert Eric Blazer in case Nos. 91-1211/91-1589.
Tyack & Blackmore Co., L.P.A., and Thomas M. Tyack, for appellee Bryan Krebs in case Nos. 91-1211/91-1589.
Arnold S. White, Daniel T. Kobil and Susan B. Gellman, American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation, for appellee Charles Culp in case Nos. 91-1211/91-1589.
Terry Breedlove, Jr., pro se, in case Nos. 91-1211/91-1589.
Reinhart Law Office and Harry R. Reinhart; Gold, Rotatori & Schwartz Co., L.P.A., and John Pyle; and Charles E. Atwell, urging reversal for amici curiae, National and Ohio Associations of Criminal Defense Lawyers in case No. 91-199 and affirmance in case Nos. 91-1519 and 91-1211/91-1589.
Bricker & Eckler and Sarah J. DeBruin, urging reversal for amicus curiae, American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio in case No. 91-199.
Robert D. Horowitz, Stark County Prosecuting Attorney, Kristine Wilson Rohrer and Ronald M. Caldwell, Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys; John E. Murphy, Executive Director; Paul Cox; and Robert Cornwell, Executive Director, urging affirmance for amici curiae, Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys’ Association, Fraternal Order of Police and Buckeye State Sheriffs’ Association in case No. 91-199.
Ronald J. O’Brien, Columbus City Attorney, Sharon Sobol Jordan, Cleveland Law Director, Fay Dupuis, Cincinnati City Solicitor, J. Anthony Sawyer, Dayton Law Director, and Edwin Romero, Youngstown Law Director, urging reversal for amici curiae, cities of Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Dayton and Youngstown in case Nos. 91-1519 and 91-1211/91-1589 and affirmance in case No. 91-199.
Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Steven T. Catlett, Richard A. Cordray and Jeffrey S. Sutton; Schwartz, Kelm, Warren & Rubenstein and Nelson E. Genshaft;- Ruth L. Lansner, Steven M. Freeman and Michael A. Sanberg, urging affirmance for amici curiae, Anti-Defamation League, Columbus Urban League, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (Columbus and Dayton Branches), Ohio Council of Churches, Japanese American Citizens League (Ohio Chapter), Ohio Human Rights Bar Association and Organization of Chinese Americans (Greater Cleveland Chapter) in case No. 91-199, and reversal in case Nos. 91-1519 and 91-1211/91-1589.
Alphonse A. Gerhardstein, urging reversal for amici curiae, Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME), Cincinnati Multiracial Alliance, Cuyahoga Plan of Ohio, Inc., Toledo Fair Housing Center, Cincinnati Human Relations Commission and National Fair Housing Alliance in case Nos. 91-1211/91-1589.

Opinion:
These cases come to us on remand from the United States Supreme Court for the purpose of "further consideration in light of Wisconsin v. Mitchell, 508 U.S. - [113 S.Ct. 2194, 124 L.Ed.2d 436] (1993)."
We have reviewed the United States Supreme Court's opinion in Wisconsin v. Mitchell (1993), 508 U.S.-, 113 S.Ct. 2194, 124 L.Ed.2d 436, our opinion in State v. Wyant (1992), 64 Ohio St.3d 566, 597 N.E.2d 450, and the briefs of the parties. For the reasons stated in Wisconsin v. Mitchell, we vacate our opinion in State v. Wyant and uphold the constitutionality of R.C. 2927.12, the ethnic intimidation law, under both the United States and Ohio Constitutions.
In case No. 91-199, we affirm the judgment of the court of appeals and reinstate the judgment of the trial court. In case No. 91-1519, we reverse the judgment of the court of appeals and remand for a new trial. In case Nos. 91-1211 and 91-1589, we reverse the judgment of the court of appeals and remand for a new trial.
Judgments accordingly.
Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Resnick and F.E. Sweeney, JJ., concur.
Wright and Pfeifer, JJ., dissent.
A.W. Sweeney, J., dissents and concurs in Part II of the dissenting opinion of Wright, J., but does not participate in State v. Van Gundy, case Nos. 91-1211 and 91-1589.