1998 OHIO 695 - State v. Kirkman

[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at

84 Ohio St.3d 16

.]




            THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT, v. KIRKMAN, APPELLEE.
                     [Cite as State v. Kirkman,

1998-Ohio-695

.]
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. 98-687—Submitted October 13, 1998—Decided November 25, 1998.)
       CERTIFIED by the Court of Appeals for Marion County, No. 9-97-69.
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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, and the trial court’s
finding that Donald Kirkman is a sexual predator is reinstated on the authority of
State v. Cook (1998),

83 Ohio St.3d 404

700 N.E.2d 570

.
        MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK and
LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur.
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