STATE v. RUFF

No. 2013-1441.

143 Ohio St.3d 114 (2015)

2015-Ohio-995

THE STATE OF OHIO, Appellant, v. RUFF, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided March 25, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph T. Deters , Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney, and Rachel Lipman Currant , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellant.

The Farrish Law Firm and Michaela M. Stagnaro , for appellee.

Timothy J. McGinty , Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and Daniel T. Van and Joseph J. Ricotta , Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, urging reversal for amicus curiae Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office.

Timothy Young , Ohio Public Defender, and Katherine R. Ross-Kinzie , Assistant State Public Defender, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Office of the Ohio Public Defender.


{¶ 1} In this case, we are asked to revisit the holding in State v. Johnson, 128 Ohio St.3d 153, 2010-Ohio-6314, 942 N.E.2d 1061, with respect to when two or more offenses are allied offenses of similar import. Because the circumstances of when offenses are of dissimilar...

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