
    The State of Ohio, Appellant, v. Kirkman, Appellee.
    [Cite as State v. Kirkman (1998), 84 Ohio St.3d 16.]
    (No. 98-687
    Submitted October 13, 1998
    Decided November 25, 1998.)
    
      Jim Slagle, Marion County Prosecuting Attorney, for appellant.
   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.  