# State v. Williams

> Ohio Supreme Court · July 20, 1977 · 51 Ohio St. 2d 112

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6756118

## Case

- **Full name:** The State of Ohio v. Williams
- **Court:** Ohio Supreme Court
- **Decided:** July 20, 1977
- **Citations:** 51 Ohio St. 2d 112; 5 Ohio Op. 3d 98; 364 N.E.2d 1364; 1977 Ohio LEXIS 444
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Locher
- **Judges:** Brown, Celebrezze, Herbert, Locher, Neill, Only, Sweeney
- **Cited by:** 808 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- **Red flag:** Overruled on other grounds by State v. Gillard, 40 Ohio St. 3d 226 (1988).
- Negative treatments: 2
- Distinguished by: 0
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6756118

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that appellate courts will review only for plain error those claims that were not preserved at trial

## Opinion text

Locher, J.,
concurring in judgment only. This decision is hut a prelude to the score of forthcoming judicial waltzes necessitated by continued adherence to State v. Robinson (1976), 47 Ohio St. 2d 103 .
The majority’s opinion aptly alleviates the visible symptoms and arrives at the correct judgment, but the underlying malady remains untreated. This cosmetic treatment of the instant cause not only infers acceptance of, but is- a direct result of, State v. Robinson, supra.
I must, therefore, concur in the judgment only for the reasons I have stated in State v. Humphries (1977), 51 Ohio St. 2d 95 .

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