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JOHNSON v. STATE

No. 98050.

2012 Ohio 3964

LESTER JOHNSON, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. STATE OF OHIO, DEFENDANT-APPELLEE.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth District, Cuyahoga County.

Released and Journalized: August 30, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry H. Gilbert, Friedman & Gilbert, 1370 Ontario Street, Suite 600, Cleveland, Ohio 44113, Attorney for Appellant.

William D. Mason, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor, BY: Brian R. Gutkoski, Assistant County Prosecutor, The Justice Center, 8th Floor, 1200 Ontario Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44113, Attorneys for Appellee.

BEFORE: Jones, J., Blackmon, A.J., and Keough, J.

JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION

LARRY A. JONES, SR., J.

{¶1} Plaintiff-appellant, Lester Johnson, appeals from the trial court's judgment granting the state of Ohio's motion for summary judgment and finding that he was not a wrongfully imprisoned individual under R.C. 2743.48. We reverse.

I. Procedural History

{¶2} In March 1990, Johnson was convicted of rape in Case No. CR-247259. The trial court sentenced...

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