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State v. Ferguson

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eleventh District, Lake County
Feb 26, 1999
CASE NO. 97-L-241 (Ohio Ct. App. Feb. 26, 1999)

Opinion

CASE NO. 97-L-241

February 26, 1999

CHARACTER OF PROCEEDINGS:

Criminal Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas Case No. 94 CR 000046.

JUDGMENT: Affirmed.

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).


On March 21, 1994, appellee, Bobby L. Ferguson, pled guilty to two counts of rape, in violation of R.C. 2907.02. He was subsequently sentenced by the Lake County Court of Common Pleas to serve an indefinite term of incarceration of eight to twenty-five years on each count, to run consecutively. Having pleaded guilty to a sexually oriented offense, appellee became subject to a sexual predator hearing under Ohio's version of Megan's Law, newly amended R.C. Chapter 2950.

By judgment entry filed August 25, 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 judgment of the trial court is affirmed.

------------------------ JUDGE WILLIAM M. O'NEILL

FORD, P.J., NADER, J., concur.

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


Summaries of

State v. Ferguson

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eleventh District, Lake County
Feb 26, 1999
CASE NO. 97-L-241 (Ohio Ct. App. Feb. 26, 1999)
Case details for

State v. Ferguson

Case Details

Full title:STATE OF OHIO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BOBBY L. FERGUSON…

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

Date published: Feb 26, 1999

Citations

CASE NO. 97-L-241 (Ohio Ct. App. Feb. 26, 1999)