[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as State
v. Mustafa, Slip Opinion No. 2016-Ohio-8364.]




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                          SLIP OPINION NO. 2016-OHIO-8364
       THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT, v. MUSTAFA ET AL., APPELLEES.
  [Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it
      may be cited as State v. Mustafa, Slip Opinion No. 2016-Ohio-8364.]
Court of appeals’ judgment reversed on the authority of State v. Shalash, and cause
        remanded to trial court for further proceedings.
   (Nos. 2016-0179 and 2016-0201—Submitted December 20, 2016—Decided
                                    December 27, 2016.)
    APPEAL from and CERTIFIED by the Court of Appeals for Franklin County,
                   Nos. 15AP-465 and 15-AP-466, 2015-Ohio-5370.
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        {¶ 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.
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       O’NEILL, J., dissents.
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       Ron O’Brien, Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney, and Steven L. Taylor,
Chief Counsel, Appellate Division, for appellant.
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