State v. Mobarak (Slip Opinion)

[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as State v. Mobarak, Slip Opinion No. 2016-Ohio-8368.] NOTICE This slip opinion is subject to formal revision before it is published in an advance sheet of the Ohio Official Reports. Readers are requested to promptly notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of Ohio, 65 South Front Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215, of any typographical or other formal errors in the opinion, in order that corrections may be made before the opinion is published. SLIP OPINION NO. 2016-OHIO-8368 THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT, v. MOBARAK, APPELLEE. [Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as State v. Mobarak, Slip Opinion No. 2016-Ohio-8368.] Court of appeals’ judgment reversed on authority of State v. Shalash and cause remanded. (Nos. 2016-1168 and 2016-1297—Submitted December 20, 2016—Decided December 27, 2016.) APPEAL from and CERTIFIED by the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No. 16AP-162, 2016-Ohio-4632. _______________ {¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of State v. Shalash, ___ Ohio St.3d ___, 2016-Ohio-8358, ___ N.E.3d ___, and this cause is remanded to the trial court for further proceedings consistent with our decision in Shalash. O’CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, O’DONNELL, LANZINGER, KENNEDY, and FRENCH, JJ., concur. SUPREME COURT OF OHIO O’NEILL, J., dissents. _________________ Ron O’Brien, Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney, and Steven L. Taylor, Chief Counsel, Appellate Division, for appellant. _________________ 2