STATE v. HAMMONS (2026)

Supreme Court of Ohio.

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

No. 2025-0228

Decided: August 14, 2026

Paul A. Dobson, Wood County Prosecuting Attorney, and David T. Harold, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee, the State of Ohio. Stahl & Stephenson and Michael H. Stahl, for appellant, Samantha Sue Hammons.

{¶ 1} The judgment of the Sixth District Court of Appeals is affirmed on the authority of State v. Polizzi, 2026-Ohio-2588, ––– N.E.3d ––––.

The below judgment of the court was joined by Kennedy, C.J., and DeWine, Brunner, Deters, Hawkins, and Shanahan, JJ. Fischer, J., dissented for the reasons set forth in his separate opinion in State v. Polizzi, 2026-Ohio-2588, ––– N.E.3d ––––.

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