STATE v. COBURN

No. 2008-0536.

121 Ohio St.3d 310 (2009)

2009-Ohio-834

The STATE of Ohio, Appellee, v. COBURN et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided March 5, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin J. Baxter, Erie County Prosecuting Attorney, and Mary Ann Barylski, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

Climaco, Lefkowitz, Peca, Wilcox & Garofoli, L.P.A., John R. Climaco, and Margaret M. Metzinger, for appellants.

Richard Cordray, Attorney General, Benjamin C. Mizer, Solicitor General, Kimberly A. Olson, Deputy Solicitor, Robert Kenneth James, Assistant Solicitor, and Karla Gebel Perrin, Assistant Attorney General, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, Ohio Attorney General.


MOYER, C.J.

I. Introduction

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