[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as In
re Cases Held for the Decision in State v. Thomas, Slip Opinion No. 2016-Ohio-7561.]




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                          SLIP OPINION NO. 2016-OHIO-7561
            IN RE CASES HELD FOR THE DECISION IN STATE v. THOMAS.
  [Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it
  may be cited as In re Cases Held for the Decision in State v. Thomas, Slip
                            Opinion No. 2016-Ohio-7561.]
Disposition of cases held for the decision in State v. Thomas—Judgments of the
        court of appeals affirmed.
            (Submitted October 11, 2016—Decided November 2, 2016.)
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        {¶ 1} The judgments of the court of appeals in the following cases are
affirmed on the authority of State v. Thomas, ___ Ohio St.3d ___, 2016-Ohio-5567,
___ N.E.3d ___.
        {¶ 2} 2015-0947. State v. Kent, 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No. 101853, 2015-
Ohio-1546.
        {¶ 3} 2015-0994. State v. Bryan, 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No. 101209, 2015-
Ohio-1635.
        {¶ 4} 2015-1273. State v. Hill, 2015-Ohio-2389, 37 N.E.3d 822 (8th Dist.).
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          {¶ 5} 2015-1810. State v. Owens, 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No. 102276, 2015-
Ohio-3881.
          O’CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, LANZINGER, FRENCH, and O’NEILL, JJ.,
concur.
          O’DONNELL and KENNEDY, JJ., dissent and would reinstate the sentences
imposed by the trial courts.
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          {¶ 6} The judgments of the court of appeals in the following cases are also
affirmed on the authority of State v. Thomas, ___ Ohio St.3d ___, 2016-Ohio-5567,
___ N.E.3d ___.
          {¶ 7} 2015-1357. State v. Irby, 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No. 102263, 2015-
Ohio-2705.
          {¶ 8} 2015-1592. State v. Stearns, 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No. 102463, 2015-
Ohio-3239.
          {¶ 9} 2015-1767. State v. Wheeler, 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No. 102375, 2015-
Ohio-3768.
          {¶ 10} 2015-1950. State v. Brown, 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No. 102377, 2015-
Ohio-4372.
          {¶ 11} 2015-1986. State v. Jackson, 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No. 102271, 2015-
Ohio-4490.
          {¶ 12} 2015-1987. State v. Burton, 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No. 102378, 2015-
Ohio-4494.
          {¶ 13} 2015-1988. State v. Frost, 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No. 102376, 2015-
Ohio-4493.
          {¶ 14} 2015-2043. State v. Jenkins, 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No. 102462, 2015-
Ohio-4583.
          {¶ 15} 2016-0490. State v. Gales, 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No. 102809, 2016-
Ohio-588.




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          O’CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, LANZINGER, FRENCH, and O’NEILL, JJ.,
concur.
          O’DONNELL and KENNEDY, JJ., dissent and would reverse and remand to
the trial courts with instructions to sentence the defendants pursuant to the law in
effect at the time of the offense.
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