IN RE D.S.

No. 2014-0607.

146 Ohio St.3d 182 (2016)

2016-Ohio-1027

54 N.E.3d 1184

IN RE D.S.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided March 16, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy Young , Ohio Public Defender, and Brooke M. Burns , Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Michael DeWine , Attorney General, Eric E. Murphy , State Solicitor, Michael J. Hendershot , Chief Deputy Solicitor, and Jeffrey Jarosch , Deputy Solicitor; and Kenneth W. Oswalt , Licking County Prosecutor, and Lia J. Meehan , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

Marsha Levick , urging reversal for amici curiae, Juvenile Law Center, Children's Law Center, Inc., Dr. Elizabeth J. Letourneau , National Juvenile Defender Center, Nicole Pittman , Schubert Center for Child Studies, and The Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers.


{¶ 1} In this appeal, we address the scheme for classifying juvenile sex offenders under R.C. 2152.83(B). We conclude that a determination of the juvenile offender's age at the time of the offense is a condition precedent to the application of that scheme but can be...

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