[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 78 Ohio St.3d 1.]

THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT, v. MCWILLIAMS, APPELLEE. [Cite as State v. McWilliams, 1997-Ohio-249.]

Statutes—Determining scope of an “existing sections” repeal. (No. 96-2459—Submitted January 21, 1997—Decided March 5, 1997.)

APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Athens County, No. 96 CA 1730. __________________ William R. Biddlestone, Athens County Prosecuting Attorney, and Birgit Pedersen, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellant.

Jennifer D. Schaffer, Assistant State Public Defender, for appellee. __________________ {¶ 1} The discretionary appeal is allowed. __________________ The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of State v. Wilson (1997), 77 Ohio St.3d 334, ___ N.E.2d ___, and the appellee’s conviction is reinstated.

MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur.