[This decision has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 94 Ohio St.3d 33.]

THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT, v. WETHERALL, APPELLEE. [Cite as State v. Wetherall, 2002-Ohio-75.] Criminal law—Domestic violence—Assertion of self-defense by defendant—Court of appeals’ judgment vacated and cause remanded for consideration of State v. Barnes. (No. 01-1427—Submitted November 28, 2001—Decided January 9, 2002.) CERTIFIED by the Court of Appeals for Hamilton County, No. C-000113. __________________ {¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is vacated, and the cause is remanded to the court of appeals for consideration of State v. Barnes (2002), 94 Ohio St.3d 21, 759 N.E.2d 1240, decided today. MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur. __________________ Michael K. Allen, Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney, and James Michael Keeling, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellant. __________________

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