STATE v. BATISTA

No. 2016-0903.

151 Ohio St.3d 584 (2017)

2017-Ohio-8304

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

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided October 26, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph T. Deters , Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney, and Paula E. Adams , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

Raymond T. Faller , Hamilton County Public Defender, and Demetra Stamatakos and Joshua A. Thompson , Assistant Public Defenders, for appellant.

Michael DeWine , Attorney General, Eric E. Murphy , State Solicitor, and Samuel C. Peterson , Deputy Solicitor, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Attorney General Michael DeWine.

Elizabeth Bonham and Joseph Mead ; and Jeffrey Gamso , urging reversal for amici curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation, Inc., and Center for Constitutional Rights.

Valerie Kunze , Assistant Public Defender; Gibbons, P.C., Lawrence Lustberg , and Avram Frey ; and Catherine Hanssens and Mayo Schreiber Jr. , urging reversal for amici curiae Center for HIV Law and Policy, American Academy of HIV Medicine, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders, GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBT Equality, Human Rights Campaign, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, National Center for Lesbian Rights, Office of the Ohio Public Defender, and Treatment Action Group.


{¶ 1} Orlando Batista appeals from a judgment of the First District Court of Appeals that affirmed his felonious assault conviction for knowingly engaging in sexual conduct with his girlfriend, R.S., without disclosing to her that he had tested positive as a carrier of the human immunodeficiency virus ("HIV").

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