[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as State v. Williams, Slip Opinion No. 2019-Ohio-4759.]

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SLIP OPINION NO. 2019-OHIO-4759 THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. WILLIAMS, APPELLANT. [Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as State v. Williams, Slip Opinion No. 2019-Ohio-4759.]

Certification of conflict dismissed as having been improvidently certified. (No. 2019-0035―Submitted March 6, 2019―Decided November 21, 2019.)

CERTIFIED by the Court of Appeals for Fairfield County, No. 17-CA-43, 2018-Ohio-4580. _________________ {¶ 1} The certification of conflict is dismissed as having been improvidently certified.

O’CONNOR, C.J., and KENNEDY, FRENCH, FISCHER, DEWINE, and STEWART, JJ., concur.

DONNELLY, J., dissents. _________________ Kyle Witt, Fairfield County Prosecuting Attorney, and Christopher Reamer, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

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Thomas R. Elwing, for appellant. _________________