1998 OHIO 671 - State v. Lyons

[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at

84 Ohio St.3d 45

.]




              THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT, v. LYONS, APPELLEE.
                       [Cite as State v. Lyons,

1998-Ohio-671

.]
Criminal procedure—Classification as sexual predator—Court of appeals’
        judgment reversed on authority of State v. Cook—Sexually oriented
        offender finding by trial court reinstated.
   (No. 98-1396—Submitted October 13, 1998—Decided December 2, 1998.)
        CERTIFIED by the Court of Appeals for Erie County, No. E-97-045.
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        Kevin J. Baxter, Erie County Prosecuting Attorney, and Mary Ann Barylski,
Assistant 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 trial court’s finding that Scott Lyons is a sexually oriented
offender is reinstated.
        MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK and
LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur.
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