STATE v. TAYLOR (2026)

Supreme Court of Ohio.

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

No. 2025-0439

Decided: August 20, 2026

Connie Pillich, Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney, and Norbert Wessels, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellant. Raymond T. Faller, Hamilton County Public Defender, and Christine Y. Jones, Assistant Public Defender, for appellee, Damico Taylor. D. Andrew Wilson, Ohio Attorney General, Mathura J. Sridharan, Solicitor General, and Stephen P. Carney, Deputy Solicitor General, for amicus curiae, Ohio Attorney General D. Andrew Wilson.

{¶ 1} The judgment of the First District Court of Appeals is vacated, and the cause is remanded to that court for application of our decision in State v. King, 2026-Ohio-2656, ––– Ohio St.3d ––––, ––– N.E.3d ––––, 2026 WL 2022914.

The below judgment of the court was joined by DeWine, Brunner, Deters, Hawkins, and Shanahan, JJ. Kennedy, C.J., and Fischer, J., dissented in accordance with Chief Justice Kennedy's separate opinion in State v. King, 2026-Ohio-2656, ––– Ohio St.3d ––––, ––– N.E.3d ––––, 2026 WL 2022914.

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