State v. Wyant

These cases come to us on remand from the United States Supreme Court for the purpose of “further consideration in light of Wisconsin v. Mitchell, 508 U.S. - [113 S.Ct. 2194, 124 L.Ed.2d 436] (1993).”

We have reviewed the United States Supreme Court’s opinion in Wisconsin v. Mitchell (1993), 508 U.S.-, 113 S.Ct. 2194, 124 L.Ed.2d 436, our opinion in State v. Wyant (1992), 64 Ohio St.3d 566, 597 N.E.2d 450, and the briefs of the parties. For the reasons stated in Wisconsin v. Mitchell, we vacate our opinion in State v. Wyant and uphold the constitutionality of R.C. 2927.12, the ethnic…