State v. Walker

[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as State
v. Walker, Slip Opinion No. 2023-Ohio-652.]
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2023-OHIO-652THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. WALKER, APPELLANT.
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it
may be cited as State v. Walker, Slip Opinion No. 2023-Ohio-652.]
Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed on the authority of State v. Messenger.
(No. 2021-1421―Submitted February 8, 2023―Decided March 7, 2023.)
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Lucas County,
No. L-20-1047, 2021-Ohio-3860.
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{¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed on the authority of
State v. Messenger, __ Ohio St.3d __, 2022-Ohio-4562, __ N.E.3d __.
KENNEDY, C.J., and FISCHER, DEWINE, DONNELLY, BRUNNER, and DETERS,
JJ., concur.
STEWART, J., dissents and would dismiss the appeal as having been
improvidently accepted.
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SUPREME COURT OF OHIO
Julia R. Bates, Lucas County Prosecuting Attorney, and Evy Jarrett,
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.
Timothy Young, Ohio Public Defender, and Peter Galyardt, Assistant
Public Defender, for appellant, Malcolm Walker.
Steven L. Taylor, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, Ohio Prosecuting
Attorneys Association.
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