State v. Hawkins

104 Ohio St. 3d 582 | Ohio | 2004

[Cite as State v. Hawkins , 104 Ohio St.3d 582 2004-Ohio-7124.]

T HE S TATE OF O HIO , A PPELLEE AND C ROSS -A PPELLANT , v . H AWKINS , A PPELLANT AND C ROSS -A PPELLEE . [Cite as State v. Hawkins , 104 Ohio St.3d 582, 2004-Ohio-7124.] Criminal law — Court of appeals’ judgment reversed and cause remanded for application of State v. Leach. (No. 2004-1299 — Submitted December 14, 2004 — Decided December 30, 2004.) A PPEAL and C ROSS -A PPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, No. 82465, 2004-Ohio-855. __________________

{¶ 1} The discretionary appeal is accepted on Proposition of Law No. II. {¶ 2} The cross-appeal is not accepted. {¶ 3} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed and the cause is

remanded for application of State v. Leach , 102 Ohio St.3d 135, 2004-Ohio-2147, 807 N.E.2d 335.

M OYER , C.J., R ESNICK , P FEIFER , L UNDBERG S TRATTON and O’D ONNELL , JJ., concur. F.E. S WEENEY and O’C ONNOR , JJ., dissent. __________________ William D. Mason, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, Lisa Reitz Williamson and Brian Mooney, Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, for appellee and cross-appellant.

Robert L. Tobik, Cuyahoga County Public Defender, and John T. Martin, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant and cross-appellee. __________________