Ron O'Brien , Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney, and Laura R. Swisher , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney.
Supreme Court of Ohio.
O'DONNELL, J.
{¶ 1} The state of Ohio appeals from a judgment of the Eighth District Court of Appeals vacating Donald Eafford's felony sentence for possession of cocaine and holding that Eafford was convicted only of misdemeanor possession of drugs because the jury-verdict form did not state the degree of the offense or specify that Eafford had possessed cocaine.
{¶ 2} Unless a jury verdict states the degree...
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