Ohio Supreme Court· 8/30/2000

State v. Jordan

Citations

89 Ohio St. 3d 488
733 N.E.2d 601

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noting that “different elements of the same offense can require different mental states”
discussing meaning of “knowledge” as defined in R.C. 2901.22(B) and evaluating state’s evidence regarding defendant’s knowledge in context of possession-of-dangerous- ordnance statute
stating that permissible inferences can be gleaned from the facts
“Ambiguity exists if the language is susceptible of more than one reasonable interpretation.”
in concluding that State was not required to prove defendant knew that barrel of shotgun was less than 18 inches long, declining to follow Staples because it “is a case involving federal statutory interpretation” and court was “interpreting a state statute”
“[T]he cornerstone of statutory construction and interpretation is legislative intention.”

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Judges: Cook, Douglas, Moyer, Only, Pfeifer, Resnick, Stratton, Sweeney

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