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State v. Crawford

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eleventh District, Lake County
Feb 26, 1999
CASE NO. 97-L-245 (Ohio Ct. App. Feb. 26, 1999)

Opinion

CASE NO. 97-L-245

February 26, 1999

CHARACTER OF PROCEEDINGS:

Criminal Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas Case No. 92 CR 000379.

JUDGMENT: Reversed and remanded.

CHARLES E. COULSON, LAKE COUNTY PROSECUTOR; LISA A. NERODA, ASSISTANT PROSECUTOR, (For Plaintiff-Appellee).

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


On July 29, 1992, appellant, John D. Crawford, Jr., 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 an indefinite term of incarceration of two to ten years on each count, each count to run concurrently. In a judgment entry filed August 28, 1997, the trial court adjudicated appellant to be a sexual predator pursuant to Ohio's version of Megan's Law, recently amended R.C. Chapter 2950.

Appellant timely appealed, asserting that Ohio's version of Megan's Law is unconstitutional. Pursuant to this court's decision in State v. Williams (Jan. 29, 1999), Lake App. No. 97-L-191, unreported, R.C. Chapter 2950 as applied to sexual "predators" is unconstitutional and void in its entirety; therefore, the judgment of the trial court is reversed and remanded for proceedings consistent with this opinion.

---------------------- JUDGE ROBERT A. NADER

FORD, P. J., O'NEILL, J., concur.

HON. DONALD R. FORD, P.J., HON. ROBERT A. NADER, J., HON. WILLIAM M. O'NEILL, J., JUDGES.


Summaries of

State v. Crawford

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eleventh District, Lake County
Feb 26, 1999
CASE NO. 97-L-245 (Ohio Ct. App. Feb. 26, 1999)
Case details for

State v. Crawford

Case Details

Full title:STATE OF OHIO, Plaintiff-Appellee v. JOHN D. CRAWFORD, Defendant-Appellant

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

Date published: Feb 26, 1999

Citations

CASE NO. 97-L-245 (Ohio Ct. App. Feb. 26, 1999)