State v. Lees

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[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as State v. Lees, Slip Opinion No. 2012-Ohio-5909.] NOTICE This slip opinion is subject to formal revision before it is published in an advance sheet of the Ohio Official Reports. Readers are requested to promptly notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of Ohio, 65 South Front Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215, of any typographical or other formal errors in the opinion, in order that corrections may be made before the opinion is published. SLIP OPINION NO. 2012-OHIO-5909 THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. LEES, APPELLANT. [Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as State v. Lees, Slip Opinion No. 2012-Ohio-5909.] Court of appeals judgment reversed on the authority of In re Bruce S. (No. 2012-1534 Submitted December 13, 2012 Decided December 18, 2012. APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No. 12AP-243. __________________ {¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of In re Bruce S., ___ Ohio St.3d ___, 2012-Ohio-5696, ___ Ohio St.3d ___, and the cause is remanded to the trial court for the limited purpose of holding a classification hearing consistent with In re Bruce S. O CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, LUNDBERG STRATTON, O DONNELL, LANZINGER, and CUPP, JJ., concur. KENNEDY, J., not participating. __________________ Ron O Brien, Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney, and Steven L. Taylor, Chief Counsel, Appellate Division, for appellee. SUPREME COURT OF OHIO Timothy Young, Ohio Public Defender, and Francisco E. Lüttecke and Jason A. Macke, Assistant Public Defenders, for appellant. ______________________ 2

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