In re Sex Offender Registration Cases

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[Cite as In re Sex Offender Registration Cases, 89 Ohio St.3d 59, 2000-Ohio-438.] IN RE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION CASES. [Cite as In re Sex Offender Registration Cases (2000), 89 Ohio St.3d 59.] Criminal procedure Sex offender registration Disposition of causes on authority of State v. Williams. (No. 99-579 et seq. Submitted April 26, 2000 Decided May 15, 2000.) The following dispositions of currently pending appeals are hereby entered based on our decision in State v. Williams (2000), 88 Ohio St.3d 513, 728 N.E.2d 342. I The judgments of the courts of appeals in the following cases are reversed, and the causes are remanded to the trial courts: 99-579. State v. Reese. Portage App. No. 97-P-0048, 1999 WL 545753. 99-641. State v. Abrams. Lake App. No. 97-L-192, 1999 WL 262162. 99-642. State v. Christison. Lake App. No. 98-L-009, 1999 WL 262163. 99-643. State v. Alger. Lake App. No. 97-L-203, 1999 WL 266695. 99-644. State v. Darroch. Lake App. No. 97-L-174, 1999 WL 262172. 99-645. State v. Cowoski. Lake App. No. 97-L-170, 1999 WL 268595. 99-646. State v. Calhoun. Lake App. No. 97-L-221, 1999 WL 266706. 99-647. State v. Cwalina. Lake App. No. 97-L-222, 1999 WL 266805. 99-648. State v. Boswell. Lake App. No. 98-L-008, 1999 WL 266895. 99-649. State v. Burgan. Lake App. No. 97-L-242, 1999 WL 267009. 99-655. State v. Greene. Lake App. No. 97-L-220, 1999 WL 266894. 99-656. State v. Gau. Lake App. No. 97-L-175, 1999 WL 268632. 99-657. State v. Ferguson. Lake App. No. 97-L-241, 1999 WL 266948. 99-658. State v. King. Lake App. No. 97-L-173, 1999 WL 266574. 99-659. State v. DeCapite. Lake App. No. 98-L-133, 1999 WL 262169. 99-660. State v. Hammesfahr. Lake App. No. 97-L-193, 1999 WL 266621. 99-661. State v. King. Lake App. No. 97-L-194, 1999 WL 266471. 99-662. State v. Drake. Lake App. No. 97-L-176, 1999 WL 268790. 99-664. State v. Dietz. Lake App. No. 97-L-204, 1999 WL 262160. 99-672. State v. Noble. Lake App. No. 97-L-240, 1999 WL 266898. 99-673. State v. New. Lake App. No. 97-L-178, 1999 WL 268564. 99-674. State v. Laing. Lake App. No. 97-L-172, 1999 WL 268594. 99-675. State v. Malek. Lake App. No. 98-L-010, 1999 WL 267005. 99-676. State v. Pope. Lake App. No. 97-L-182, 1999 WL 268562. 99-677. State v. Pasko. Lake App. No. 98-L-011, 1999 WL 266897. 99-678. State v. McClintick. Lake App. No. 97-L-171, 1999 WL 262399. 99-679. State v. Neal. Lake App. No. 97-L-179, 1999 WL 268896. 99-680. State v. Lawrinson. Lake App. No. 97-L-205, 1999 WL 262412. 2 99-689. State v. Rivera. Lake App. No. 97-L-181, 1999 WL 267429. 99-691. State v. Spaller. Lake App. No. 97-L-183, 1999 WL 267427. 99-693. State v. Ventresca. Lake App. No. 97-L-243, 1999 WL 267010. 99-702. State v. Taylor. Lake App. No. 97-L-185, 1999 WL 268563. 99-703. State v. Vernon. Lake App. No. 97-L-184, 1999 WL 267553. 99-705. State v. Semanak. Lake App. No. 97-L-180, 1999 WL 267526. 99-706. State v. Waites. Lake App. No. 97-L-244, 1999 WL 267006. 99-708. State v. Will. Lake App. No. 97-L-186, 1999 WL 266616. 99-709. State v. Witlicki. Lake App. No. 97-L-189, 1999 WL 266588. 99-711. State v. Wolfe. Lake App. No. 97-L-188, 1999 WL 266590. 99-712. State v. Woodruff. Lake App. No. 97-L-190, 1999 WL 266473. 99-730. State v. Hill. Lake App. No. 97-L-187, 1999 WL 266619. 99-732. State v. Ferguson. Ashtabula App. No. 98-A-0021, 1999 WL 267426. 99-736. State v. Hollis. Ashtabula App. No. 98-A-0020, 1999 WL 266700. 99-737. State v. Prisco. Ashtabula App. No. 98-A-0015, 1999 WL 267483. 99-738. State v. Lynch. Ashtabula App. No. 98-A-0013, 1999 WL 266685. 99-739. State v. Moore. Ashtabula App. No. 98-A-0030, 1999 WL 266701. 99-740. State v. Miller. Ashtabula App. No. 98-A-0024, 1999 WL 267434. 3 99-741. State v. Whitsell. Ashtabula App. No. 98-A-0025, 1999 WL State v. Sanders. Ashtabula App. No. 98-A-0022, 1999 WL State v. Mitcham. Ashtabula App. No. 98-A-0017, 1999 WL 268561. 99-742. 266751. 99-743. 266686. 99-744. State v. Loudenback. Ashtabula App. No. 98-A-0023, 1999 WL 267552. 99-745. State v. McNutt. Ashtabula App. No. 98-A-0014, 1999 WL 262150. 99-746. State v. Vigilante. Ashtabula App. No. 98-A-0029, 1999 WL 266702. 99-747. State v. Morris. Ashtabula App. No. 98-A-0018, 1999 WL 262148. 99-748. State v. Lemmon. Ashtabula App. No. 98-A-0028, 1999 WL 266684. 99-749. State v. Luther. Ashtabula App. No. 98-A-0016, 1999 WL 266682. 99-750. State v. Keig. Ashtabula App. No. 98-A-0019, 1999 WL 267637. 99-755. State v. Pingley. Portage App. No. 97-P-0055, 1999 WL 262308. 99-756. State v. Wells. Portage App. No. 97-P-0056, 1999 WL 262414. 99-757. State v. Brant. Portage App. No. 97-P-0052, 1999 WL 270085. 4 99-758. State v. Long. Portage App. No. 97-P-0057, 1999 WL 262304. 99-759. State v. Patterson. Portage App. No. 97-P-0051, 1999 WL 270077. 99-760. State v. Black. Portage App. No. 97-P-0053, 1999 WL 270080. 99-761. State v. Hardy. Portage App. No. 97-P-0062, 1999 WL 262422. 99-762. State v. Johnson. Portage App. No. 97-P-0047, 1999 WL 262423. 99-763. State v. Douglas. Portage App. No. 97-P-0049, 1999 WL 262421. II The judgments of the courts of appeals in the following cases are reversed: 99-690. State v. Bayless. Lake App. No. 97-L-257, 1999 WL 262181. 99-692. State v. Armington. Lake App. No. 98-L-193, 1999 WL 1483446. 99-694. State v. Setina. Lake App. No. 97-L-239, 1999 WL 266750. 99-695. State v. Hartman. Lake App. No. 98-L-020, 1999 WL 262166. 99-696. State v. Lett. Lake App. No. 97-L-210, 1999 WL 266753. 99-698. State v. Swansinger. Lake App. No. 97-L-120, 1999 WL 262306. 99-699. State v. Pearson. Lake App. No. 98-L-179, 1999 WL 1483445. 99-700. State v. Otero. Lake App. No. 97-L-310, 1999 WL 262413. 99-701. State v. Crawford. Lake App. No. 97-L-245, 1999 WL 262299. 99-704. State v. Gaster. Lake App. No. 97-L-281, 1999 WL 262157. 99-707. State v. Butcher. Lake App. No. 97-L-030, 1999 WL 262305. 99-710. State v. Bayless. Lake App. No. 97-L-256, 1999 WL 267425. 5 99-716. State v. McDonald. Lake App. No. 97-L-305, 1999 WL 266681. III The judgments of the courts of appeals in the following cases are affirmed: 99-1099. State v. Fink. Stark App. No. 1998CA00348, 1999 WL 333362. 99-1402 and 99-1604. State v. Sarli. Cuyahoga App. No. 74292, 1999 WL 401647. 99-1766. State v. Dickens. Clermont App. No. CA98-09-075, 1999 WL 562125. MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur. 6

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