[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 84 Ohio St.3d 26.]

THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. TOWE, APPELLANT. [Cite as State v. Towe, 1998-Ohio-703.] Criminal procedure—Classification as sexual predator—Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed on authority of State v. Cook—APPEAL dismissed as improvidently allowed on Propositions of Law Nos. III, IV, and V. (Nos. 98-604 and 98-606—Submitted October 13, 1998—Decided November 25, 1998.) APPEAL from and CERTIFIED by the Court of Appeals for Hamilton County, No. C-970283. __________________ Joseph T. Deters, Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney, and Sherry Green, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee. Schuh & Goldberg and J. Robert Andrews, for appellant. __________________ {¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals on Propositions of Law Nos. I and II is affirmed on the authority of State v. Cook (1998), 83 Ohio St.3d 404, 700 N.E.2d 570. {¶ 2} Propositions of Law Nos. III, IV, and V are dismissed as having been improvidently allowed. DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur. MOYER, C.J., and COOK, J., concur in part and dissent in part. __________________ Cook, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part. {¶ 3} I dissent from the dismissal of Propositions of Law Nos. III, IV, and V. MOYER, C.J., concurs in the foregoing opinion. __________________