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State v. Abrams

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eleventh District, Lake County
Feb 12, 1999
Case No. 97-L-192 (Ohio Ct. App. Feb. 12, 1999)

Opinion

Case No. 97-L-192.

February 12, 1999.

Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas, Case No. 96 CR 000425.

CHARLES E. COULSON, LAKE COUNTY PROSECUTOR, VINCENT A. CULOTTA, JULIE MITROVICH KING, ASSISTANT PROSECUTORS, (For Plaintiff-Appellant).

R. PAUL LaPLANTE, LAKE COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER, GRAIG E. KLUGE, ASSISTANT PUBLIC DEFENDER, (For Defendant-Appellee).

JUDGES

HON. DONALD R. FORD, P.J.,

HON. ROBERT A. NADER, J.,

HON. WILLIAM M. O'NEILL, J.


OPINION


On August 21, 1996, appellee, Michael P. Abrams, pleaded guilty to two counts of gross sexual imposition, in violation of R.C. 2907.05. He was subsequently sentenced by the Lake County Court of Common Pleas to serve a definite term of six months on each count, to be served consecutively. In April of 1997, the Department of Corrections recommended that appellee be adjudicated a sexual predator under Ohio's version of Megan's Law, recently amended R.C. Chapter 2950.

By judgment entry filed July 1, 1997, the trial court, sua sponte, dismissed the proceedings for adjudicating appellee as a sexual predator, holding that Ohio's version of Megan's law was unconstitutional as applied to appellee. Appellant appealed, and, pursuant to this court's decision in State v. Williams (Jan. 29, 1999), Lake App. No. 97-L-191, unreported, the trial court's judgment dismissing the sexual predator proceedings is hereby affirmed on alternative grounds.

JUDGE ROBERT A. NADER

FORD, P.J.,

O'NEILL, J., concur.


Summaries of

State v. Abrams

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eleventh District, Lake County
Feb 12, 1999
Case No. 97-L-192 (Ohio Ct. App. Feb. 12, 1999)
Case details for

State v. Abrams

Case Details

Full title:STATE OF OHIO, Plaintiff-Appellant v. MICHAEL P. ABRAMS, Defendant-Appellee

Court:Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eleventh District, Lake County

Date published: Feb 12, 1999

Citations

Case No. 97-L-192 (Ohio Ct. App. Feb. 12, 1999)