Court Opinion

ID: 3683189
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-07-06 06:28:30.723087+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:20:24.201119
License: Public Domain

{¶ 34} I respectfully dissent. The logic of the majority's decision is unassailable, but out of a due regard (perhaps, in this case, undue regard) for the prerogatives of the Ohio General Assembly, I believe we should respect the legislative determination that the kidnapping of a child by an adult carries with it such a high risk of sexual assault against the child that it justifies classifying the perpetrator a sexual offender, even though on the facts of the case before us such classification appears unjustified.
 {¶ 35} Perhaps the dissent here will assist in the Supreme Court of Ohio addressing the issue, which is where it should be resolved.