Opinion
No. 97-2318.
Submitted October 13, 1998.
Decided November 18, 1998.
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Union County, No. 14-97-13.
R. Larry Schneider, Union County Prosecuting Attorney, and Rick Rodger, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellant.
The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of State v. Cook (1998), 83 Ohio St.3d 404, 700 N.E.2d 570.
The trial court's finding that Jerry L. Patton is a sexual predator is reinstated.
MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur.