STATE v. GONZALES

Nos. 2015-0384 and 2015-0385.

150 Ohio St.3d 261 (2016)

2016-Ohio-8319

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

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 23, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul A. Dobson , Wood County Prosecuting Attorney, and David T. Harold and Gwen K. Howe-Gebers , Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, for appellant.

Mayle Ray & Mayle, L.L.C., Andrew R. Mayle , Jeremiah S. Ray , and Ronald J. Mayle , for appellee.

Michael DeWine , Attorney General, Eric E. Murphy , State Solicitor, Michael J. Hendershot , Chief Deputy Solicitor, and Hannah C. Wilson , Deputy Solicitor, urging reversal for amicus curiae Ohio Attorney General Michael DeWine.

Timothy J. McGinty , Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and Daniel T. Van , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, urging reversal for amici curiae Ohio Prosecuting Attorney's Association and Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office.

Timothy Young , Ohio Public Defender, and Carrie Wood , Assistant Public Defender, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Office of the Ohio Public Defender.

O'CONNOR, C.J., dissents, with an opinion joined by O'DONNELL and FRENCH, JJ.


{¶ 1} In this case, we are asked to resolve a conflict between the appellate districts presented by the following certified question: "Must the state, in prosecuting cocaine offenses involving mixed substances under R.C. 2925.11(C)(4)[(b)] through (f), prove that the weight of the cocaine meets the statutory threshold...

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