[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as State
v. McClurg, Slip Opinion No. 2020-Ohio-3696.]




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                          SLIP OPINION NO. 2020-OHIO-3696
            THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT, v. MCCLURG, APPELLEE.
  [Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it
     may be cited as State v. McClurg, Slip Opinion No. 2020-Ohio-3696.]
Court of appeals’ judgment reversed on the authority of State v. Howard and cause
        remanded.
        (No. 2018-1410―Submitted July 8, 2020―Decided July 15, 2020.)
               APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Richland County,
                              No. 17CA98, 2018-Ohio-3840.
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        {¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed, and the cause is
remanded to the court of appeals for application of State v. Howard, __ Ohio St.3d
__, 2020-Ohio-3195, __ N.E.3d __.
        O’CONNOR, C.J., and KENNEDY, FRENCH, FISCHER, DEWINE, DONNELLY,
and STEWART, JJ., concur.
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       Gary D. Bishop, Richland County Prosecuting Attorney, and Joseph C.
Snyder, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellant, state of Ohio.
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