State v. Brown

{¶ 1} We are again called upon to revisit our 1999 decision in State v. Rance (1999), 85 Ohio St.3d 632, 710 N.E.2d 699, and to clarify whether pursuant to-its holding and R.C. 2941.25, a defendant may be convicted and sentenced for two separate crimes arising out of two forms of the same offense based on a single criminal act — here, aggravated assault for stabbing one victim, one time.

{¶ 2} Because R.C. 2903.12(A)(1) and (A)(2) set forth two means of committing the same offense both of which serve the same purpose — preventing physical harm to persons — we conclude that the General Assembly…