Opinion
No. 2002-1974.
Submitted August 26, 2003.
Decided September 24, 2003.
Appeal from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No. 02AP-73,2002-Ohio-5251.
Ron O'Brien, Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney, and Steven L. Taylor, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellant.
Yeura Venters, Franklin County Public Defender, and Allen V. Adair, Assistant Public Defender, for appellee.
{¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed on the authority of State v. Brown, 99 Ohio St.3d 323, 2003-Ohio-3931, 792 N.E.2d 175.
Moyer, C.J., Resnick, F.E. Sweeney and Pfeifer, JJ., concur.
Lundberg Stratton and O'Connor, JJ., dissent.
O'Donnell, J., not participating.
{¶ 2} I respectfully dissent for the reasons expressed in Justice O'Connor's well-reasoned dissent in State v. Brown, 99 Ohio St.3d 323,2003-Ohio-3931, 792 N.E.2d 175, ¶ 26-32.
O'Connor, J., concurs in the foregoing dissenting opinion.