STATE v. SERNA (2020)

Supreme Court of Ohio.

The STATE of Ohio, Appellee, v. SERNA, Appellant.

No. 2019-1594

Decided: December 31, 2020

Kevin S. Talebi, Champaign County Prosecuting Attorney, and Jane A. Napier, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee. Timothy Young, Ohio Public Defender, Dayton, and Stephen P. Hardwick, Columbus and Charlyn Bohland, Assistant Public Defenders, for appellant, Ely Ray Serna.

{¶ 1} This case is dismissed as having been improvidently accepted.

{¶ 2} The court orders that the opinion of the court of appeals may not be cited as authority except by the parties inter se.

O'Connor, C.J., and French, Fischer, and Stewart, JJ., concur. DeWine, J., would not order that the opinion of the court of appeals not be cited. Kennedy, J., dissents and would order briefing. Donnelly, J., dissents and would reverse the judgment of the court of appeals and remand the cause for application of State v. Patrick, 164 Ohio St.3d 309, 2020-Ohio-6803, 172 N.E.3d 952.

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