Case Name: The State of Ohio, Appellee, v. Lanier, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 2011-01-05
Citations: 128 Ohio St. 3d 339
Docket Number: Nos. 2009-0232 and 2009-0328
Parties: The State of Ohio, Appellee, v. Lanier, Appellant.
Judges: O’Connor, C.J., and Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton, O’Donnell, Lanzinger, Cupp, and McGee Brown, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 128
Pages: 339–339

Head Matter:
The State of Ohio, Appellee, v. Lanier, Appellant.
[Cite as State v. Lanier, 128 Ohio St.3d 339, 2011-Ohio-5.]
(Nos. 2009-0232 and 2009-0328
Submitted January 4, 2011
Decided January 5, 2011.)
Joseph T. Deters, Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney, and Scott M. Heenan, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.
Roger W. Kirk, for appellant.
Timothy Young, Ohio Public Defender, and Terrence K. Scott, Assistant Public Defender, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Ohio Public Defender.

Opinion:
{¶ 1} Sua sponte, case No. 2009-0232 is dismissed as having been improvidently certified.
{¶ 2} In case No. 2009-0328, the portion of the court of appeals' judgment addressing appellant's third assignment of error below is vacated, sua sponte, on the authority of State v. Johnson, 128 Ohio St.3d 153, 2010-Ohio-6314, 942 N.E.2d 1061, and the cause is remanded to the court of appeals for application of our decision in State v. Johnson.
{¶ 3} Oral argument in these cases scheduled for January 18, 2011, is accordingly canceled.
O'Connor, C.J., and Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton, O'Donnell, Lanzinger, Cupp, and McGee Brown, JJ., concur.