Court Opinion

ID: 3780237
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-07-06 07:29:16.148235+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:31:19.378320
License: Public Domain

{¶ 18} I agree with the majority opinion in toto and write separately only to illustrate one point. This decision may appear unjust to some; however, those so disposed should consider the words of Justice Clark that "the criminal goes free, if he must, but it is the law that sets him free."
See Mapp v. Ohio (1961), 367 U.S. 643, 81 S. Ct. 1684.
 {¶ 19} Further, as Justice Brandeis said, dissenting, in Olmstead v.United States (1928), 277 U.S. 438, 48 S. Ct. 564, "Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by example."
 {¶ 20} As such, it is the laws of the State of Ohio that discharge this defendant, not this court.
 JUDGMENT ENTRY
It is ordered that the JUDGMENT BE REVERSED and that the Appellant recover of Appellee costs herein taxed.
The Court finds there were reasonable grounds for this appeal.
It is ordered that a special mandate issue out of this Court directing the Scioto County Common Pleas Court to carry this judgment into execution.
IF A STAY OF EXECUTION OF SENTENCE AND RELEASE UPON BAIL HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY GRANTED BY THE TRIAL COURT OR THIS COURT, it is temporarily continued for a period not to exceed sixty days upon the bail previously posted. The purpose of a continued stay is to allow Appellant to file with the Ohio Supreme Court an application for a stay during the pendency of proceedings in that court. If a stay is continued by this entry, it will terminate at the earlier of the expiration of the sixty day period, or the failure of the Appellant to file a notice of appeal with the Ohio Supreme Court in the forty-five day appeal period pursuant to Rule II, Sec. 2 of the Rules of Practice of the Ohio Supreme Court. Additionally, if the Ohio Supreme Court dismisses the appeal prior to expiration of sixty days, the stay will terminate as of the date of such dismissal.
A certified copy of this entry shall constitute the mandate pursuant to Rule 27 of the Rules of Appellate Procedure. Exceptions.
Abele, P.J.: Concurs in Judgment and Opinion.
McFarland, J.: Concurs in Judgment and Opinion with Attached Concurring Opinion.