State v. Dunson, 124 N.E.3d 787, 2018 Ohio 5213, 156 Ohio St. 3d 180 (2018)

Dec. 27, 2018 · Supreme Court of Ohio · No. 2017-0186
124 N.E.3d 787, 2018 Ohio 5213, 156 Ohio St. 3d 180

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

No. 2017-0186

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Submitted April 26, 2018
Decided December 27, 2018

Mathias H. Heck Jr., Montgomery County Prosecuting Attorney, and Meagan D. Woodall and Heather N. Jans, Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, for appellant.

Timothy Young, Ohio Public Defender, and Patrick T. Clark, Assistant Public Defender, for appellee.

Elizabeth Bonham, Caitlin Hill, Freda J. Levenson, and R. Orion Danjuma, urging affirmance for amici curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Southern Poverty Law Center, and Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.

*180{¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of State v. Braden , --- Ohio St.3d ----, 2018-Ohio-5079, --- N.E.3d ----.

O'Donnell, Kennedy, Fischer, DeWine, and DeGenaro, JJ., concur.

O'Connor, C.J., and French, J., dissent for the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion of French, J., in State v. Braden, --- Ohio St.3d ----, 2018-Ohio-5079, --- N.E.3d ----, and would address the accepted proposition of law.