1998 OHIO 321 - State v. Gray

[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at

84 Ohio St.3d 214

.]




              THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT, v. GRAY, APPELLEE.
                       [Cite as State v. Gray,

1998-Ohio-321

.]
Certification of conflict accepted—Criminal procedure—Classification as sexual
        predator—Court of appeals’ judgment reversed and trial court’s finding
        that defendant is a sexual predator reinstated on authority of State v. Cook.
 (No. 98-2159—Submitted November 10, 1998—Decided December 30, 1998.)
      CERTIFIED by the Court of Appeals for Ottawa County, No. 97-OT-057.
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        Mark E. Mulligan, Ottawa County Prosecuting Attorney, and Paul Skaff,
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellant.
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        {¶ 1} The certification of conflict by the Court of Appeals for Ottawa
County is accepted.
        {¶ 2} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of
State v. Cook (1998),

83 Ohio St.3d 404

700 N.E.2d 570

.
        {¶ 3} The trial court’s finding that Daniel Gray is a sexual predator is
reinstated.
        MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK and LUNDBERG
STRATTON, JJ., concur.
        RESNICK, J., not participating.
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