State v. Conyers

The sole issue before this court is whether the appellees could, as a matter of law, be convicted under R.C. 2921.34(A)(1) for leaving a halfway house without permission. More specifically, we are asked to determine whether, during the time between October 4, 1996 and March 17, 1998, a parolee could be convicted pursuant to R.C. 2921.34(A)(1) for leaving a halfway house without *248permission in view of the conflict as it then existed between R.C. 2921.01(E) and former 2967.15(C)(2). For the following reasons, we answer this question in the negative and affirm the decisions of the courts of…