STATE v. LESSIN

No. 92-847.

67 Ohio St.3d 487 (1993)

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

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided October 27, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and George J. Lonjak, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellees.

Christopher D. Stanley; Schreiber, Rossman & Assoc. Co., L.P.A., and Alan C. Rossman; Friedman & Gilbert and Terry H. Gilbert; Kaiser & Kaiser and Mark A. Kaiser, for appellant.

Gold, Rotatori, Schwartz & Gibbons Co., L.P.A., and Lois Robinson; and Kevin Francis O'Neill, urging reversal for amicus curiae, American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio.


MOYER, C.J.

Appellant has raised several propositions of law before this court.2 All propositions have been properly presented for our review. However, since we have determined that the trial court's failure to properly instruct the jury that flag burning as a mode of expression enjoys the full protection of the First Amendment, our review will be limited to only that error, mandating reversal...

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