State v. Neal, Unpublished Decision (2-26-1999) ( 1999 )

On January 12, 1993, appellee, Kenneth Neal, pled guilty to two counts of rape, in violation of R.C. 2907.02. On the same day, appellee was sentenced by the Lake County Court of Common Pleas to an indefinite term of incarceration of five to twenty-five years on each count, to be served concurrently. Having pleaded guilty to a sexually oriented offense, appellee became subject to a sexual predator hearing under Ohio's version of Megan's Law, newly amended R.C. Chapter 2950.

By judgment entry filed July 1, 1997, the trial court,sua sponte, dismissed the proceedings for adjudicating appellee as a sexual predator, holding that Ohio's version of Megan's Law was unconstitutional as applied to appellee. Appellant appealed, and, pursuant to this court's decision in State v.Williams (Jan. 29, 1999), Lake App. No. 97-L-191, unreported, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed.

------------------------ JUDGE WILLIAM M. O'NEILL

FORD, P.J., NADER, J., concur.

HON. DONALD R. FORD, P.J., HON. ROBERT A. NADER, J., HON. WILLIAM M. O'NEILL, J., JUDGES.