Legal Opinion
State v. Gordon
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided November 10, 1971No. 71-264PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHerbert, J.
Before a greater punishment for a second or subsequent offense may be inflicted in this state, it is essential that the indictment or information aver that the *47offense charged is a second or subsequent offense. Larney v. Cleveland (1878), 34 Ohio St. 599; Columbus v. Carson (1927), 23 Ohio App. 299, 155 N. E. 498; State v. Simpson (1969), 20 Ohio App. 2d 336, 254 N. E. 2d 23; State v. Gordon, supra (26 Ohio App. 2d 270, 272).
While the instant case presents no challenge to that proposition, the court below was unable to find “any requirement that the issue of prior conviction be submitted to…
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