Cook v. Ohio

Tyack, Judge.

{¶ 1} Reginald Cook is appealing from the failure of the trial court to grant his petition for reclassification under R.C. 2950.031 and 2950.032. He assigns a single error for our consideration:

The trial court erred in dismissing Appellant’s reclassification petition as moot in lieu of granting judgment in his favor, following the decision of the Ohio Supreme Court in State v. Bodyke, [126] Ohio St.3d [266], 2010-Ohio-2424 [933 N.E.2d 753],

{¶ 2} The facts do not seem to be in dispute. Cook was convicted on a charge of rape in 1992 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. In 2007, a hearing was…