State v. McWilliams

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         THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT, v. MCWILLIAMS, APPELLEE.
                   [Cite as State v. McWilliams, 

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Statutes—Determining scope of an “existing sections” repeal.
      (No. 96-2459—Submitted January 21, 1997—Decided March 5, 1997.)
     APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Athens County, No. 96 CA 1730.
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        William R. Biddlestone, Athens County Prosecuting Attorney, and Birgit
Pedersen, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellant.
        Jennifer D. Schaffer, Assistant State Public Defender, for appellee.
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        {¶ 1} The discretionary appeal is allowed.
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       The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of State
v. Wilson (1997), 

, ___ N.E.2d ___, and the appellee’s
conviction is reinstated.
       MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK and
LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur.




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