Opinion

State v. Cotton

  • 120 Ohio St. 3d 321
  • 898 N.E.2d 959
Court
Ohio Supreme Court
Filed
Dec 9, 2008
Status
Published
On the bench
Connor, Cupp, Donnell, Lanzinger, Moyer, Pfeifer, Stratton
Cited by
8 cases
Authority
More cited than 78.5%

holding that felonious assaults in violation of R.C. 2903.11(A)(1) and (2) are allied offenses of similar import under R.C. 2941.25(A)

How later courts described this case

  • holding that felonious assaults in violation of R.C. 2903.11(A)(1) and (2) are allied offenses of similar import under R.C. 2941.25(A)

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

{¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed, on the authority of State v. Brown, 119 Ohio St.3d 447 , 2008-Ohio-4569 , 895 N.E.2d 149 , as to the court of appeals’ holding on appellant’s fourth assignment of error below to the extent that the two counts of felonious assault in violation of R.C. 2903.11(A)(1) and (2) were held not to be allied offenses of similar import under R.C. 2941.25(A). The cause is remanded to the trial court for further proceedings consistent with State v. Brown.

Moyer, C.J., and Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton, O’Connor, O’Donnell, Lanzinger, and Cupp, JJ., concur.

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