State v. Smith

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[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as State v. Smith, Slip Opinion No. 2020-Ohio-3747.] 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. 2020-OHIO-3747 THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT, v. SMITH, APPELLEE. [Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as State v. Smith, Slip Opinion No. 2020-Ohio-3747.] Judgment reversed on the authority of State v. Miller, convictions reinstated, and cause remanded. (No. 2019-1460 Submitted July 8, 2020 Decided July 21, 2020.) APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, No. 107956, 2019-Ohio-3769. _________________ {¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of State v. Miller, __ Ohio St.3d __, 2020-Ohio-1420, __ N.E.3d __, and appellee Keyon Smith’s guilty pleas and convictions are reinstated. We remand the cause to the court of appeals for consideration of Smith’s remaining assignments of error. O’CONNOR, C.J., and KENNEDY, FISCHER, DEWINE, and STEWART, JJ., concur. SUPREME COURT OF OHIO FRENCH and DONNELLY, JJ., would instruct the court of appeals to apply Miller on remand. _________________ Michael C. O’Malley, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and Gregory Ochocki, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellant. _________________ 2

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