In Re A.G.

{¶ 16} Respectfully, I dissent.

*123{¶ 17} The majority today takes a criminal law statute related to whether allied offenses of similar import should be merged for purposes of criminal sentencing and applies that law to civil proceedings in juvenile court, taking another step toward characterizing proceedings in the juvenile court system as criminal in nature while upending settled constitutional principles regarding double jeopardy. The General Assembly did not intend that the allied offenses statute should apply to juveniles who are not criminals and who have not been convicted of any crimes.…