STATE v. DELFINO

No. 84-1704.

22 Ohio St. 3d 270 (1986)

THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. DELFINO, APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided March 19, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory A. White, Prosecuting attorney, for appellee.

Smith & Smith Co., L.P.A., and Daniel Wightman, for appellant.


CONNORS, J.

The appellant presents a sole assignment of error as the predicate for this appeal:

"The legislature intended R.C. 2925.11 to proscribe possession of any controlled substance. The simultaneous possession of more than one controlled substance is [a] single offense. Therefore, the Double Jeopardy Clause of the United States Constitution bars a second trial for possession of a controlled substance, cocaine, following a conviction for possession of...

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