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STATE v. THOMPSON

No. 2001-0333.

95 Ohio St.3d 264 (2002)

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

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided May 15, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. Sartini, Ashtabula County Prosecuting Attorney, Ariana E. Tarighati, Chief Assistant Prosecutor, and Angela M. Scott, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

Ashtabula County Public Defender, Inc., and Marie Lane, for appellant.

Heather C. Sawyer, urging reversal for amici curiae Lambda Legal Defense and Education, Inc., the Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the Ohio Human Rights Bar Association.

COOK, J.

{¶ 1} This cause presents the issue of whether Ohio's importuning statute, R.C. 2907.07(B), violates the Equal Protection Clauses of the United States and Ohio Constitutions. Because we hold that the statutory subsection violates the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Section 2, Article I of the Ohio Constitution, we reverse defendant-appellant Eric Thompson's conviction for importuning.

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