State v. Taylor

{¶ 1} The Ninth District Court of Appeals certified a conflict between its decision in this case and decisions of the Fifth District Court of Appeals in State v. Gillespie, 2012-Ohio-3485, 975 N.E.2d 492 (5th Dist.) and State v. David, 5th Dist. Licking No. 11-CA-110, 2012-Ohio-3984, 2012 WL 3776917, on the following issue: whether the defendant may benefit from the decrease in a classification and penalty of an offense enacted by the General Assembly that becomes effective after the commission of the offense but before sentencing on that offense.

{¶ 2} On July 23, 2011, Lucious Taylor stole…