1998 OHIO 708 - State v. Collins

[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at

84 Ohio St.3d 11

.]




            THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT, v. COLLINS, APPELLEE.
                      [Cite as State v. Collins,

1998-Ohio-708

.]
Criminal procedure—Classification as sexual predator—Court of appeals’
        judgment reversed and cause remanded to trial court to conduct sexual
        predator classification hearing pursuant to R.C. 2950.09(C)(2) on authority
        of State v. Cook.
   (No. 97-2320—Submitted October 13, 1998—Decided November 25, 1998.)
       APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Union County, No. 14-97-18.
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        R. Larry Schneider, Union County Prosecuting Attorney, and Rick Rodger,
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 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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