State v. Vineyard

{¶ 1} Plaintiff-appellant, the state of Ohio, appeals a decision of the Clermont County Court of Common Pleas dismissing charges against defendant-appellee, Thomas Vineyard.

{¶ 2} Vineyard overdosed on heroin, and was later revived after first responders gave him Narcan. After his release from the hospital, Vineyard admitted himself into a drug addiction treatment center in California. Vineyard completed three months of in-patient care, and three months of out-patient care in California before returning to his home in Ohio.

{¶ 3} During the time that Vineyard was seeking treatment in…