State v. Wolfe, C-060428 (6-22-2007)

OPINION

{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant Jerry Wolfe admitted that he had raped a nine-year-old child and now contends that the trial court's decision classifying him as a sexual predator was against the manifest weight of the evidence. This is our first of two cases addressing sexual-predator classifications after the Ohio Supreme Court's decision in State v.Wilson.1 In a second case, this court applied Wilson to a finding that an offense was not sexually oriented.2 In this case, we are asked to examine the conclusion of the trial court that Wolfe is likely to reoffend. Applying the civil…