THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE,
v.
WYANT, APPELLANT.
THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT,
v.
MAY, APPELLEE.
THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT,
v.
STATON ET AL., APPELLEES.
THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT,
v.
VAN GUNDY ET AL., APPELLEES.
Supreme Court of Ohio.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Submitted April 15, 1992.
Decided August 26, 1992.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
W. Duncan Whitney, Prosecuting Attorney, and Sue Ann Reulbach, for appellee in case No. 91-199.
Lee C. Falke, Prosecuting Attorney, and Lorine M. Reid, for appellant in case No. 91-1519.
Michael Miller, Prosecuting Attorney, Joyce S. Anderson and Katherine J. Press, for appellants in case Nos. 91-1211/91-1589.
Lee I. Fisher, Attorney General, Simon B. Karas and Eric A. Walker as supplementary counsel, for appellee in case No. 91-199 and appellants in case Nos. 91-1211/91-1589 and 91-1519.
Randall M. Dana, Ohio Public Defender, Susan B. Gellman and Robert L. Lane, for appellant in case No. 91-199.
Terry L. Lewis, for appellee James B. May, Jr. in case No. 91-1519.
Gary C. Schaengold, for appellee Mark J. Staton in case No. 91-1519.
Gary W. Crim, for appellee Aaron L. Plessinger in case No. 91-1519.
Wonnell, Janes & Wonnell Co., L.P.A., and Harold E. Wonnell, for appellee Clancy Van Gundy in case Nos. 91-1211/91-1589.
Andrew E. Lyles, for appellee Casey Van Gundy in case Nos. 91-1211/91-1589.
Samuel B. Weiner, for appellee Franklin D. Clay in case Nos. 91-1211/91-1589.
James Kura, Franklin County Public Defender, Allen V. Adair and Carole B. Schneider, for appellee Robert Eric Blazer in case Nos. 91-1211/91-1589.
Tyack & Blackmore Co., L.P.A., and Thomas M. Tyack, for appellee Bryan Krebs in case Nos. 91-1211/91-1589.
Arnold S. White, Daniel T. Kobil and Susan B. Gellman, for appellee Charles Culp in case Nos. 91-1211/91-1589.
Terry Breedlove, Jr., pro se, in case Nos. 91-1211/91-1589.
Bruce W. Sanford and Robert M. O'Neil, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression in case No. 91-199.
Thomas A. Schaffer and Annabelle Whiting Hall, urging reversal for amicus curiae, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in case No. 91-199, and affirmance in case Nos. 91-1211/91-1589.
Reinhart Law Office and Harry R. Reinhart; Eslocker, Grim, Hodson & Dioguardi and Nicholette Dioguardi, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in case No. 91-199 and affirmance in case Nos. 91-1211/91-1589.
Kevin Francis O'Neill, Ohio Legal Director, urging reversal for amicus curiae, American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation, Inc. in case No. 91-199.
Robert D. Horowitz, Stark County Prosecuting Attorney, Kristine Wilson Rohrer and John E. Murphy, Executive Director; and Paul Cox, urging affirmance for amici curiae, Ohio Prosecuting Attorney's Association, Fraternal Order of Police and Buckeye State Sheriff's Association in case No. 91-199.
Ronald J. O'Brien, City Attorney, Marcee C. McCreary, City Prosecutor, and Thomas K. Lindsey, urging reversal for amicus curiae, city of Columbus in case Nos. 91-1211/91-1589.
Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Steven T. Catlett and Richard A. Cordray; Schwartz, Kelm, Warren & Rubenstein and Nelson E. Genshaft; Ruth L. Lansner, Steven M. Freeman and Michael Sandburg, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Anti-Defamation League in case Nos. 91-1211/91-1589.
Alphonse A. Gerhardstein, urging reversal for amici curiae, Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME), East Suburban Council for Open Communities, Toledo Fair Housing Center, Cincinnati Human Relations Commission and National Fair Housing Alliance in case Nos. 91-1211/91-1589.
Supreme Court of Ohio.
HERBERT R. BROWN, J.
The principal issue before us is the constitutionality of the ethnic intimidation statute, R.C. 2927.12. Before undertaking an analysis of the statute, however, we express our abhorrence for racial and ethnic hatred, and especially for crimes motivated by such hatred. We fully accept the premise which prompted the enactment of the legislation before us: that bigotry, whether expressed merely in words or by violence, does harm to its victims and...
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