1998 OHIO 666 - State v. Morgan

[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at

84 Ohio St.3d 47

.]




            THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT, v. MORGAN, APPELLEE.
                      [Cite as State v. Morgan,

1998-Ohio-666

.]
Criminal procedure—Classification as sexual predator—Court of appeals’
        judgment reversed on authority of State v. Cook—Cause remanded to trial
        court to conduct sexual predator classification hearing pursuant to R.C.
        2950.09(C)(2).
   (No. 98-1507—Submitted October 13, 1998—Decided December 2, 1998.)
       CERTIFIED by the Court of Appeals for Marion County, No. 9-98-16.
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        Jim Slagle, Marion County Prosecuting Attorney, for appellant.
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        {¶ 1} 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

.
        {¶ 2} The cause is remanded to the trial court to conduct a sexual predator
classification hearing pursuant to R.C. 2950.09(C)(2).
        MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK and
LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur.
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