[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as State
v. Floyd, Slip Opinion No. 2020-Ohio-956.]




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                           SLIP OPINION NO. 2020-OHIO-956
              THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT, v. FLOYD, APPELLEE.
  [Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it
        may be cited as State v. Floyd, Slip Opinion No. 2020-Ohio-956.]
Appeal dismissed as moot.
   (No. 2019-0141―Submitted February 25, 2020―Decided March 17, 2020.)
               APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Hamilton County,
            Nos. C-170607, C-170608, and C-170609, 2018-Ohio-5107.
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        {¶ 1} This cause is dismissed as moot.
        KENNEDY, FISCHER, DEWINE, and DONNELLY, JJ., concur.
        O’CONNOR, C.J., and FRENCH and STEWART, JJ., dissent and would decide
the case on its merits.
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        Joseph T. Deters, Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney, and Scott M.
Heenan, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellant state of Ohio (Hamilton
County).
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       Paula Boggs Muething, Cincinnati City Solicitor, William T. Horsley,
Interim City Prosecutor, and Jonathon Vogt, Appellate Director, for appellant state
of Ohio (city of Cincinnati).
       Raymond T. Faller, Hamilton County Public Defender, and Sarah E.
Nelson, Assistant Public Defender, for appellee, Elizabeth Floyd.
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