Opinion
2021-1421
03-07-2023
The State of Ohio, Appellee, v. Walker, Appellant.
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.
Submitted February 8, 2023
Appeal from the Court of Appeals for Lucas County, No. L-20-1047, 2021-Ohio-3860.
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.
{¶ 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.