[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 84 Ohio St.3d 16.]

THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT, v. KIRKMAN, APPELLEE. [Cite as State v. Kirkman, 1998-Ohio-695.] Criminal procedure—Classification as sexual predator—Court of appeals’ judgment reversed and trial court’s finding that defendant is a sexual predator reinstated on authority of State v. Cook. (No. 98-687—Submitted October 13, 1998—Decided November 25, 1998.) CERTIFIED by the Court of Appeals for Marion County, No. 9-97-69. __________________ Jim Slagle, Marion County Prosecuting Attorney, for appellant. __________________ {¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed, and the trial court’s finding that Donald Kirkman is a sexual predator is reinstated on the authority of State v. Cook (1998), 83 Ohio St.3d 404, 700 N.E.2d 570. MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur. __________________