# State v. Cotton

> Ohio Supreme Court · December 9, 2008 · 120 Ohio St. 3d 321

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6793362

## Case

- **Full name:** The State of Ohio v. Cotton
- **Court:** Ohio Supreme Court
- **Decided:** December 9, 2008
- **Citations:** 120 Ohio St. 3d 321; 898 N.E.2d 959
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Judges:** Connor, Cupp, Donnell, Lanzinger, Moyer, Pfeifer, Stratton
- **Cited by:** 8 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- No negative treatment found by the automated citator. That is not the same as a confirmation that the case is good law; read the citing cases.
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6793362

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- 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)

## Opinion text

{¶ 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.

---

Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6793362. Public record. Not legal advice.