THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE,
v.
FOSTER, APPELLANT.
THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT,
v.
QUINONES, APPELLEE.
THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE,
v.
ADAMS, APPELLANT.
THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE,
v.
HORN, APPELLANT.
Supreme Court of Ohio.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Submitted July 26, 2005.
Submitted August 10, 2005.
Submitted February 10, 2006.
Decided February 27, 2006.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Robert L. Becker, Licking County Prosecuting Attorney, and Kenneth W. Oswalt, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee in case No. 2004-1568.
David H. Bodiker, Ohio Public Defender, and Theresa G. Haire, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant in case No. 2004-1568.
Jim Petro, Attorney General, Douglas R. Cole, State Solicitor, and Diane Richards Brey and Franklin E. Crawford, Deputy Solicitors, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Attorney General in case No. 2004-1568.
Ron O'Brien, Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney, and Steven L. Taylor and Seth L. Gilbert, Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association in case No. 2004-1568.
Robert L. Tobik, Cuyahoga County Public Defender, and John T. Martin, Assistant Public Defender; and Jason Macke, urging reversal for amici curiae Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Cuyahoga County Public Defender in case No. 2004-1568.
Jeffrey M. Gamso, urging reversal for amicus curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation, Inc., in case No. 2004-1568.
William D. Mason, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and Lisa Reitz Williamson and Jon W. Oebker, Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, for appellant in case No. 2004-1771.
Michael T. Fisher, for appellee in case No. 2004-1771.
Robert L. Tobik, Cuyahoga County Public Defender, and John T. Martin, Assistant Public Defender; and Jason Macke, urging affirmance for amici curiae Cuyahoga County Public Defender and Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in case No. 2004-1771.
John E. Wells Sr., urging affirmance on his own behalf in case No. 2004-1771.
Jim Petro, Attorney General, Douglas R. Cole, State Solicitor, and Diane Richards Brey and Franklin E. Crawford, Deputy Solicitors, urging reversal for amicus curiae Ohio Attorney General in case No. 2004-1771.
Ron O'Brien, Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney, and Steven L. Taylor and Seth L. Gilbert, Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, urging reversal for amicus curiae Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association in case No. 2004-1771.
Charles E. Coulson, Lake County Prosecuting Attorney, and Alana A. Rezaee, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee in case No. 2005-0735.
R. Paul LaPlante, Lake County Public Defender, and Vanessa R. Clapp, Supervising Attorney-Appellate Division, for appellant in case No. 2005-0735.
Lorrain R. Croy, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee in case No. 2005-2156.
David H. Bodiker, Ohio Public Defender, and Charles B. Clovis, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant in case No. 2005-2156.
Supreme Court of Ohio.
LANZINGER, J.
{¶ 1} The question presented in these four1 cases, consolidated sua sponte, is whether Ohio's felony-sentencing structure violates the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution in the manner set forth in Apprendi v. New Jersey (2000), 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435, and Blakely v....
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