Case Name: City of Fairborn, Appellant, v. Mattachione, Appellee
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1995-06-28
Citations: 72 Ohio St. 3d 345
Docket Number: No. 94-662
Parties: City of Fairborn, Appellant, v. Mattachione, Appellee.
Judges: Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney and Cook, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 72
Pages: 345–347

Head Matter:
City of Fairborn, Appellant, v. Mattachione, Appellee.
[Cite as Fairborn v. Mattachione (1995), 72 Ohio St.3d 345.]
(No. 94-662
Submitted May 10, 1995
Decided June 28, 1995.)
Gerald E. Schlafman, City Solicitor, and Joseph W. Stadnicar, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellant.
Dan D. Weiner, for appellee.
Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, Richard A. Cordray, State Solicitor, and Simon B. Karas, Deputy Chief Counsel, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Attorney General.

Opinion:
The cause is before this court upon the certification of the court of appeals that its judgment conflicted with the judgment of the Court of Appeals for Franklin County in Columbus v. Reid (1986), 32 Ohio App.3d 7, 513 N.E.2d 351, upon the following question:
"[Wjhether or not the exclusionary rule is applicable as a sanction for violation of R.C. 2935.20."
This court answers the certified question in the negative. The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed, and the cause is remanded to it for further proceedings.
Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney and Cook, JJ., concur.
Moyer, C.J., Wright and Pfeifer, JJ., dissent.