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State v. Dowdy

SUPREME COURT OF OHIO
Oct 8, 2020
2020 Ohio 4789 (Ohio 2020)

Opinion

No. 2019-1430

10-08-2020

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

Michael C. O'Malley, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and Katherine Elizabeth Mullin and Frank Romeo Zeleznikar, Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, for appellant. Mark A. Stanton, Cuyahoga County Public Defender, and John T. Martin, Assistant Public Defender, for appellee, Shaun E. Dowdy. Dave Yost, Attorney General, Benjamin M. Flowers, Solicitor General, and Zachery P. Keller, Deputy Solicitor General, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Attorney General Dave Yost.


Michael C. O'Malley, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and Katherine Elizabeth Mullin and Frank Romeo Zeleznikar, Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, for appellant.

Mark A. Stanton, Cuyahoga County Public Defender, and John T. Martin, Assistant Public Defender, for appellee, Shaun E. Dowdy.

Dave Yost, Attorney General, Benjamin M. Flowers, Solicitor General, and Zachery P. Keller, Deputy Solicitor General, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Attorney General Dave Yost.

{¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of State v. Harper , 160 Ohio St.3d 480, 2020-Ohio-2913, 159 N.E.3d 248, and State v. Henderson , 161 Ohio St.3d 285, 2020-Ohio-4784, 162 N.E.3d 776.

O'Connor, C.J., and Kennedy, French, Fischer, DeWine, Donnelly, and Stewart, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

State v. Dowdy

SUPREME COURT OF OHIO
Oct 8, 2020
2020 Ohio 4789 (Ohio 2020)
Case details for

State v. Dowdy

Case Details

Full title:THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT, v. DOWDY, APPELLEE.

Court:SUPREME COURT OF OHIO

Date published: Oct 8, 2020

Citations

2020 Ohio 4789 (Ohio 2020)
2020 Ohio 4789
164 N.E.3d 418

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