[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as State v. Pitts, Slip Opinion No. 2022-Ohio-3588.]

NOTICE This slip opinion is subject to formal revision before it is published in an advance sheet of the Ohio Official Reports. Readers are requested to promptly notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of Ohio, 65 South Front Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215, of any typographical or other formal errors in the opinion, in order that corrections may be made before the opinion is published.

SLIP OPINION NO. 2022-OHIO-3588 THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT, v. PITTS, APPELLEE. [Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as State v. Pitts, Slip Opinion No. 2022-Ohio-3588.]

Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed on the authority of State v. Brooks. (No. 2020-1554―Submitted October 4, 2022―Decided October 12, 2022.)

CERTIFIED by the Court of Appeals for Hamilton County, No. C-190418, 2020-Ohio-5494. _________________ {¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed on the authority of State v. Brooks, __ Ohio St.3d __, 2022-Ohio-2478, __ N.E.3d __.

O’CONNOR, C.J., and KENNEDY, FISCHER, DEWINE, DONNELLY, STEWART, and BRUNNER, JJ., concur. _________________ Andrew W. Garth, Interim Cincinnati City Solicitor, William T. Horsley, Cincinnati City Prosecuting Attorney, and Scott Crowley, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellant.

SUPREME COURT OF OHIO

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