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03/28/2024 Case Announcements  Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Disciplinary cases—Miscellaneous dismissals.   3/28/2024 3/28/2024 2024-Ohio-1156
State ex rel. Taylor v. Montgomery Cty. Court of Common Pleas 2023-0788Prohibition—Petition for writ of prohibition failed because appellant had adequate remedy in ordinary course of law and failed to show that trial court had patently and unambiguously lacked jurisdiction over his criminal case—Court of appeals’ judgment dismissing petition affirmed.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-1127 3/28/2024 3/28/2024 2024-Ohio-1127
State ex rel. Townsend v. Gaul 2023-0862Mandamus—Inmate failed to comply with requirements of R.C. 2969.25(C)—Court of appeals’ dismissal of complaint affirmed.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-1128 3/28/2024 3/28/2024 2024-Ohio-1128
Disciplinary Counsel v. Taylor 2023-0743Attorneys—Misconduct—Violation of Prof.Cond.R. 8.4(c) for failing to provide truthful answers to questions on license application—Conditionally stayed six-month suspension.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-1082 3/27/2024 3/27/2024 2024-Ohio-1082
State v. Jones 2022-1049Criminal law—Sentencing—R.C. 2953.08(G)—R.C. 2929.14(C)(4)—The trial court made the findings necessary to impose consecutive sentences under R.C. 2929.14(C)(4), and those findings were not clearly and convincingly unsupported by the record, R.C. 2953.08(G)(2)—Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed.Brunner, J.Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-1083 3/27/2024 3/27/2024 2024-Ohio-1083
03/27/2024 Case Announcements  Merit decisions with opinions—Merit decisions without opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Appeals accepted for review—Appeals not accepted for review.   3/27/2024 3/27/2024 2024-Ohio-1087
03/27/2024 Case Announcements #2  Motion and procedural rulings.   3/27/2024 3/27/2024 2024-Ohio-1151
State ex rel. Ware v. Galonski 2023-0268Mandamus—Public Records Act—Statutory damages—On remand, court of appeals correctly held that requester was not entitled to statutory damages—Requester failed to prove by clear and convincing evidence that he delivered public-records requests by certified mail—Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-1064 3/26/2024 3/26/2024 2024-Ohio-1064
Estate of Tomlinson v. Mega Pool Warehouse, Inc. 2023-0230Civil law—Civ.R. 38—Civil-jury-trial demands—Trial court’s local rule did not require each party seeking a jury trial to pay a jury deposit—Under Civ.R. 38(D), a party may not unilaterally withdraw a jury demand—Court of appeals’ judgment reversed and cause remanded to trial court.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-1065 3/26/2024 3/26/2024 2024-Ohio-1065
03/26/2024 Case Announcements  Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Miscellaneous dismissals.   3/26/2024 3/26/2024 2024-Ohio-1125
03/26/2024 Case Announcements #2  Motion and procedural rulings.   3/26/2024 3/26/2024 2024-Ohio-1131
03/22/2024 Case Announcements  Motion and procedural rulings.   3/22/2024 3/22/2024 2024-Ohio-1040
03/22/2024 Case Announcements #2  Motion and procedural rulings.   3/22/2024 3/22/2024 2024-Ohio-1066
03/21/2024 Case Announcements  Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings.   3/21/2024 3/21/2024 2024-Ohio-1037
03/21/2024 Case Announcements #2  Motion and procedural rulings.   3/21/2024 3/21/2024 2024-Ohio-1038
State ex rel. Ware v. Ohio Dept. of Rehab. & Corr. 2023-0090Mandamus—R.C. 149.43—Public-records requests—Statutory damages—Writ granted in part and denied in part—Relator awarded $2,000 in statutory damages.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-1015 3/21/2024 3/21/2024 2024-Ohio-1015
State v. Fork 2023-0356Criminal law—Definition of “motor vehicle” in R.C. 4501.01(B) is used for penal laws and applies to offense of aggravated vehicular assault under R.C. 2903.08(A)(1)(a)—R.C. 4501.01(VV)’s qualifying language regarding principal purpose of a vehicle does not look to how vehicle was used at time of charged conduct but vehicle’s principal purpose—The record was insufficient to support appellee’s convictions for aggravated vehicular assault because vehicle being operated at time of charged conduct was a “utility vehicle”—Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed.Kennedy, C.J.Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-1016 3/21/2024 3/21/2024 2024-Ohio-1016
03/20/2024 Case Announcements  Merit decisions with opinions—Appeals not accepted for review.   3/20/2024 3/20/2024 2024-Ohio-1030
Cincinnati Bar Assn. v. Stenson 2023-0041Attorneys—Misconduct—Violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct—One-year suspension with six months conditionally stayed.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-995 3/20/2024 3/20/2024 2024-Ohio-995
State v. Carstaphen 2022-1297Appeal dismissed as having been improvidently accepted. Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-976 3/19/2024 3/19/2024 2024-Ohio-976
03/19/2024 Case Announcements #2  Merit decisions with opinions—Disciplinary cases—Mediation matters.   3/19/2024 3/19/2024 2024-Ohio-1013
03/19/2024 Case Announcements  Merit decisions without opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Appeals accepted for review—Appeals not accepted for review—Reconsideration of prior decisions.   3/19/2024 3/19/2024 2024-Ohio-984
Columbus Bar Assn. v. O'Brien 2024-0394On request for immediate interim remedial suspension.   3/19/2024 3/19/2024 2024-Ohio-1014
03/18/2024 Case Announcements  Official versions released.   3/18/2024 3/18/2024 2024-Ohio-989
03/18/2024 Administrative Actions  Administrative actions.   3/18/2024 3/18/2024 2024-Ohio-990
03/15/2024 Case Announcements  Motion and procedural rulings.   3/15/2024 3/15/2024 2024-Ohio-931
03/14/2024 Case Announcements #2  Motion and procedural rulings.   3/14/2024 3/14/2024 2024-Ohio-930
03/14/2024 Case Announcements  Merit decisions with opinions—Miscellaneous dismissals.   3/14/2024 3/14/2024 2024-Ohio-929
03/14/2024 Case Announcements #3  Merit decisions without opinions.   3/14/2024 3/14/2024 2024-Ohio-949
State ex rel. Thompson v. Gonzalez 2023-1070Prohibition—Mandamus—Because relator’s complaint was obviously meritless, court of appeals did not err in sua sponte dismissing complaint—Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-897 3/14/2024 3/14/2024 2024-Ohio-897
Disciplinary Counsel v. Alexander 2023-0977Attorneys—Misconduct—Violation of the Rules of Professional Conduct—Committing an illegal act that reflects adversely on the lawyer’s honesty or trustworthiness—Conditionally stayed one-year suspension.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-900 3/14/2024 3/14/2024 2024-Ohio-900
State v. Knuff 2019-1323Criminal law—Aggravated murders—Convictions and death sentences affirmed.Deters, J.Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-902 3/14/2024 3/14/2024 2024-Ohio-902
Disciplinary Counsel v. Bell 2023-0739Attorneys—Misconduct—Violation of Rules of Professional Conduct—Indefinite suspension with no time credited for interim suspension is appropriate sanction for attorney convicted of a felony stemming from attempt to engage in sexually motivated conduct with underage victim.Kennedy, C.J.Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-876 3/13/2024 3/13/2024 2024-Ohio-876
In re J.C. 2023-0855Court of appeals’ judgment reversed on the authority of In re Z.C. and cause remanded to court of appeals. Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-877 3/13/2024 3/13/2024 2024-Ohio-877
03/13/2024 Case Announcements  Merit decisions with opinions—Merit decisions without opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Appeals accepted for review.   3/13/2024 3/13/2024 2024-Ohio-880
03/13/2024 Case Announcements #2  Motion and procedural rulings—Miscellaneous dismissals—Mediation matters.   3/13/2024 3/13/2024 2024-Ohio-912
03/12/2024 Case Announcements  Merit decisions with opinions.   3/12/2024 3/12/2024 2024-Ohio-895
Disciplinary Counsel v. Goodman 2023-0740Attorneys—Misconduct—Violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct—Permanent disbarment.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-852 3/12/2024 3/12/2024 2024-Ohio-852
Plaza v. Black 2023-0762Habeas corpus—Parole revocation—Appellant’s petition failed to state with sufficient specificity facts that would entitle him to habeas relief—Court of appeals’ judgment granting warden’s motion to dismiss affirmed.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-853 3/12/2024 3/12/2024 2024-Ohio-853
03/08/2024 Case Announcements  Motion and procedural rulings.   3/8/2024 3/8/2024 2024-Ohio-817
03/07/2024 Case Announcements  Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings.   3/7/2024 3/7/2024 2024-Ohio-801
State v. Dudas 2023-0393R.C. 2953.21(A)(2)(a)—Under Ohio law, a delayed appeal of a conviction is a direct appeal—A defendant who files a delayed appeal may file a petition for postconviction relief within 365 days of filing of trial transcript in court of appeals—Court of appeals’ judgment reversed and cause remanded.DeWine, J.Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-775 3/7/2024 3/7/2024 2024-Ohio-775
State v. Wilson 2022-1482Criminal law—R.C. 2901.05—Affirmative defenses—Self-defense—Ineffective assistance of counsel—Appellant produced evidence that tended to support claim that he had acted in self-defense, and he was therefore entitled to a self-defense jury instruction—Trial counsel was prejudicially ineffective by failing to request a self-defense jury instruction—Court of appeals’ judgment reversed and cause remanded to trial court.Stewart, J.Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-776 3/7/2024 3/7/2024 2024-Ohio-776
Smith v. Ohio State Univ. 2023-0009Subject-matter jurisdiction—Affirmative defenses—Discretionary immunity—R.C. 2743.02—R.C. 2743.03—Under R.C. Chapter 2743, Court of Claims has subject-matter jurisdiction to hear suits brought against the state when the state has waived its sovereign immunity—The state has not waived its sovereign immunity when it acts pursuant to its highly discretionary legislative, judicial, executive, or planning functions—Discretionary immunity is a jurisdictional bar, not an affirmative defense, to suits brought against the state in Court of Claims—Court of appeals’ judgment reversed and cause remanded to court of appeals.Kennedy, C.J.Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-764 3/6/2024 3/6/2024 2024-Ohio-764
State ex rel. Clark v. Dept. of Rehab. & Corr. 2023-0387Mandamus—Public-records requests—R.C. 149.43—Requested records provided—Relator showed that respondent failed for 11 business days, starting with day relator filed mandamus action, to comply with its obligations under R.C. 149.43(B) to produce requested records—Writ denied as moot, $1,000 in statutory damages awarded, and request for court costs denied.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-770 3/6/2024 3/6/2024 2024-Ohio-770
Disciplinary Counsel v. Coomes 2024-0199On certified order of the Indiana Supreme Court, No. 21S-DI-17.   3/6/2024 3/6/2024 2024-Ohio-795
03/06/2024 Case Announcements  Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Disciplinary cases.   3/6/2024 3/6/2024 2024-Ohio-796
03/05/2024 Case Announcements  Merit decisions without opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Appeals accepted for review—Appeals not accepted for review—Reconsideration of prior decisions.   3/5/2024 3/5/2024 2024-Ohio-763
03/05/2024 Case Announcements #2  Merit decisions with opinions.   3/5/2024 3/5/2024 2024-Ohio-787
State ex rel. Dillon v. Indus. Comm. 2023-0152Workers’ compensation—Total-temporary-disability compensation—R.C. 4123.511(K) requires Bureau of Workers’ Compensation to recoup overpayment of total-temporary-disability compensation paid to an injured worker between time injured worker reached maximum medical improvement and date of termination of total-temporary-disability compensation—Court of appeals’ judgment denying writ of mandamus affirmed—State ex rel. Russell v. Indus. Comm. overruled.Kennedy, C.J.Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-744 3/5/2024 3/5/2024 2024-Ohio-744
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