STATE v. THOMAS

No. 2015-0473.

148 Ohio St.3d 248 (2016)

2016-Ohio-5567

THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT, v. THOMAS, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided August 30, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy J. McGinty , Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and Daniel T. Van and Brett S. Hammond , Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, for appellant.

Russell S. Bensing , for appellee.

John Murphy , Joseph T. Deters , and Rachel Lipman Curran , urging reversal for amicus curiae Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association.

Ron O'Brien , Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney, and Steven L. Taylor , Chief Counsel, urging reversal for amicus curiae Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney Ron O'Brien.

O'DONNELL, J., dissents, with an opinion joined by KENNEDY, J.


{¶ 1} Appellee, Jermaine Thomas, was convicted of first-degree-felony rape and kidnapping in 2014 for offenses he committed in 1993. After he committed the offenses but before he was convicted and sentenced, the General Assembly twice enacted substantial changes to Ohio's criminal-sentencing scheme. As relevant to Thomas...

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