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2011 Ohio Revised Code
Title [29] XXIX CRIMES - PROCEDURE
Chapter 2941: INDICTMENT
2941.25 Allied offenses of similar import - multiple counts.

Universal Citation:
OH Rev Code § 2941.25
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(A) Where the same conduct by defendant can be construed to constitute two or more allied offenses of similar import, the indictment or information may contain counts for all such offenses, but the defendant may be convicted of only one.

(B) Where the defendant’s conduct constitutes two or more offenses of dissimilar import, or where his conduct results in two or more offenses of the same or similar kind committed separately or with a separate animus as to each, the indictment or information may contain counts for all such offenses, and the defendant may be convicted of all of them.

Effective Date: 01-01-1974

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