Summary
This slip opinion from the Supreme Court of Ohio resolves an appeal brought by Melvin Michael Thomas Terry against the State. The court affirmed the lower court's judgment on Proposition of Law No. I pursuant to State v. Miree, and dismissed Proposition of Law No. II as improvidently accepted. The per curiam decision was issued by a unanimous court.
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Questions Presented
- Whether the judgment of the Summit County Court of Appeals should be affirmed as to proposition of law No. I under State v. Miree.
- Whether proposition of law No. II should be dismissed because it was improvidently accepted.
Holdings
- The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed as to proposition of law No. I on the authority of State v. Miree.
- Proposition of law No. II is dismissed as having been improvidently accepted.
Key quotations
“The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed as to proposition of law No. I on the authority of State v. Miree, 2024-Ohio-5714, and cause dismissed as to proposition of law No. II as having been improvidently accepted.” (¶ 1)
Factual background
The opinion contains no substantive factual discussion. The Supreme Court resolved the appeal through a brief judgment entry addressing the two propositions of law accepted for review.
Procedural history
The Summit County Court of Appeals issued the judgment under review in case No. 30137, reported at 2023-Ohio-2234. The Supreme Court of Ohio affirmed the appellate judgment as to proposition of law No. I on the authority of State v. Miree and dismissed proposition of law No. II as having been improvidently accepted.