State v. Johnson

I. Certified Issue

{¶ 1} The First District Court of Appeals certified the following issue pursuant to Section 3(B)(4), Article IV of the Ohio Constitution and App.R. 25: “Are the elements of child endangering [set forth in R.C. 2919.22(B)(1)] sufficiently similar to the elements of felony murder with child endangering as the predicate offense that the commission of the murder logically and necessarily also results in the commission of the child endangering?” (Bracketed material sic.)

{¶ 2} We answer the certified question in the affirmative in this case and reverse the judgment of the court of…