O'NEAL v. STATE

Nos. 2020-0676 and 2020-0683.

192 N.E.3d 358 (2021)

167 Ohio St.3d 234

2021-Ohio-3663

O'NEAL, Appellant, et al. v. The STATE of Ohio et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided October 19, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dave Yost , Attorney General, Benjamin M. Flowers , Solicitor General, Michael J. Hendershot , Chief Deputy Solicitor General, Charles A. Schneider , Criminal Justice Section Chief, and Brenda S. Leikala , Senior Assistant Attorney General, for appellees.

Timothy Young , Ohio Public Defender, and Richard A. Cline and Randall Porter , Assistant State Public Defenders; Dale A. Baich , Assistant Federal Public Defender; and Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, L.L.P., and L. Bradfield Hughes , for appellant Cleveland Jackson in case No. 2020-0676.

S. Adele Shank , Columbus and Lawrence J. Greger , Dayton, for appellant James D. O'Neal in case No. 2020-0683.


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