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State v. Hoke 2024-A-0071CRIMINAL LAW - guilty plea; Anders brief; motion to withdraw; felony sentencing; not contrary to law; all necessary findings made for consecutive sentences; Crim.R. 11(C) requirements met; valid plea; no meritorious issues; motion to withdraw granted; no error.LucciAshtabula 6/30/2025 6/30/2025 2025-Ohio-2300
State v. Vera-Lopez 2024-A-0104CRIMINAL LAW - felony resentencing; jail-time credit; failure to calculate; time-served; moot; community control; jail sentence not equivalent to prison term; if defendant violates, he will be subject to 36-months in prison; no error.LucciAshtabula 6/30/2025 6/30/2025 2025-Ohio-2301
Tornstrom Indus. Dev. Corp. v. 123 Lyndhurst, L.L.C. 2024-L-076CIVIL - summary judgment; standing; storage facility; seller and relatives may keep property on site for three months; holdover; rent; failure to remove; property owned by separate company; alleged third-party beneficiary; incidental beneficiary; term "relative" not defined; company does not have relatives; shareholder of company does not have standing.LucciLake 6/30/2025 6/30/2025 2025-Ohio-2302
Tax Ease OH IV, L.L.C. v. Osmic 2025-L-045APPELLATE REVIEW - R.C. 2505.02(B); appeal from magistrate's order is not a final appealable order; Civ.R. 53(D)(2)(a)(i); lack of jurisdiction.M. LynchLake 6/30/2025 6/30/2025 2025-Ohio-2306
State v. Stills 2025-L-046APPELLATE REVIEW - Notice of appeal must be signed by appellant or licensed attorney; R.C. 4705.01; Loc.R. 4(A).S. LynchLake 6/30/2025 6/30/2025 2025-Ohio-2307
Lake Cty. Dept. of Job & Family Servs., Child Support Enforcement Div. v. Oatman 2025-L-055APPELLATE REVIEW - R.C. 2505.02(B); appeal from magistrate's order is not a final appealable order; Civ.R. 53(D)(2)(a)(i); lack of jurisdiction.LucciLake 6/30/2025 6/30/2025 2025-Ohio-2308
State v. Rushcak 2024-P-0061CRIMINAL - Sexual Imposition; R.C. 2907.06(A); sufficiency and weight of the evidence; sexual contact; R.C. 2907.01(B)S. LynchPortage 6/30/2025 6/30/2025 2025-Ohio-2303
State v. Pugh 2024-P-0064CRIMINAL – presentence motion to withdraw guilty plea; Crim.R. 32.1; knowing, intelligent, and voluntary plea; ineffective assistance of counsel; client confidencesS. LynchPortage 6/30/2025 6/30/2025 2025-Ohio-2304
KIN, Inc. v. Trumbull Cty. Bd. of Revision 2024-T-0104, 2024-T-0105TAX APPEAL - Ohio Board of Tax Appeals; valuation complaints; tenant; jurisdiction; standing; landlord authorization; agency; tenant as agent; question of fact; motion for reconsideration; reiterated arguments; raised new issue; improper.M. LynchTrumbull 6/30/2025 6/30/2025 2025-Ohio-2305
State v. McBride 2025-T-0004CRIMINAL - motion for transcripts; trial court record; right to transcripts; transcripts at public expense; pending appeal; undue delay; ineffective assistance of appellate counselS. LynchTrumbull 6/30/2025 6/30/2025 2025-Ohio-2309
Grimm v. Professional Dental Alliance, L.L.C. 2024-P-0039CIVIL - arbitration; R.C. 2711.02; employment contract; age discrimination claim; R.C. 4112.02; loser-pays provision; American rule; attorney fees; substantive unconscionability; procedural unconscionability; public policy; severability.LucciPortage 6/23/2025 6/23/2025 2025-Ohio-2185
State v. Leslein 2025-L-050APPELLATE REVIEW - Untimely appeal; App.R. 4(A)(1); 30 days; lack of jurisdiction.EklundLake 6/23/2025 6/23/2025 2025-Ohio-2186
Steuer Revocable Trust v. Strauss 2024-L-074CIVIL - order appointing receiver; final appealable order; R.C. 2505.02(B)(2); 30 days to appeal; App.R. 4(A)(1); stipulation of dismissal; Civ.R. 41(A)(1); joint motion for dismissal; Civ.R. 41(A)(2); receiver action must be dismissed by order of court; Civ.R. 66; assignment of error unsupported by citations may be disregarded; App.R. 16(A)(7).M. LynchLake 6/16/2025 6/16/2025 2025-Ohio-2111
State v. Green-Sarubbi 2024-L-095, 2024-L-096CRIMINAL - restitution; R.C. 2929.28(A)(1); economic loss; R.C. 2929.01(L); competent and credible evidenceS. LynchLake 6/16/2025 6/16/2025 2025-Ohio-2112
State v. Coleman 2024-A-0072, 2024-A-0073CRIMINAL LAW - violation of community control; jail credit; R.C. 2929.16(A)(2); R.C. 2929.08; jail sentence versus jail service as a community control sanction.PattonAshtabula 6/16/2025 6/16/2025 2025-Ohio-2109
State v. Wilson 2024-A-0092CRIMINAL LAW - guilty plea; Traf.R.10(C); Crim.R. 11(D); misdemeanor sentencing; serious offense; de novo; failure to inform defendant that a guilty plea is a complete admission of guilt; reversal required.PattonAshtabula 6/16/2025 6/16/2025 2025-Ohio-2110
State v. Parker 2024-T-0108SENTENCING - consecutive sentences; no objection; plain error review; appropriate consecutive sentence findings; R.C. 2929.14(C)(4); mitigating factors; consistency; R.C. 2929.11 and R.C. 2929.12; sentencing judgment entry; nunc pro tunc.M. LynchTrumbull 6/16/2025 6/16/2025 2025-Ohio-2113
Bunts v. Pilla 2024-L-086CIVIL – Summary Judgment; Civ.R. 56; undue influence; rebuttable presumption; request for admissions; Civ.R. 36; may avoid admissions under compelling circumstances.EklundLake 6/9/2025 6/9/2025 2025-Ohio-2046
Morgan228, L.L.C. v. Miavitz 2024-P-0071CIVIL - bench trial; partial rejection of magistrate’s decision; abuse of discretion; breach of contract; proof of damages; reimbursement of third party; trial court must assess testimony in first instance; especially favorable substitute transaction; gratuitous services.EklundPortage 6/2/2025 6/2/2025 2025-Ohio-1974
State v. Allen 2024-T-0096CRIMINAL - motion to suppress; Crim.R. 47; grounds for suppression stated with particularity; duration of stop; Crim.R. 52(B); plain error; protective search; reasonable suspicion; high-crime area; furtive movements; nervousness; mandatory fine; ability to pay; R.C. 2929.19(B)(5)S. LynchTrumbull 5/27/2025 5/27/2025 2025-Ohio-1902
State v. Goodgame 2024-L-043CRIMINAL LAW - speedy trial; speedy trial right; constitutional speedy trial; Barker factors; motion to dismiss for violation of speedy trial; reasonable delay; 19-month delay between indictment and arrest on indictment was not a violation of defendant’s constitutional speedy trial right.PattonLake 5/27/2025 5/27/2025 2025-Ohio-1901
Mapleview Operating Co. v. Valletto 2024-G-0037CIVIL - breach of contract; health insurance; prior authorization; failure to bill insurance; condition precedent; excused from performance; substantial performance; ambiguity; intent; good faith and fair dealingM. LynchGeauga 5/27/2025 5/27/2025 2025-Ohio-1898
Gardner v. Dinallo & Wittup Homes, Inc. 2024-G-0041CIVIL - arbitration; motion to stay arbitration; petition to compel arbitration; R.C. 2711.03; hearing on petition to compel arbitration; oral hearing; request for hearing; waiver; totality of circumstances; acting inconsistently with right to arbitrateS. LynchGeauga 5/27/2025 5/27/2025 2025-Ohio-1899
State ex rel. Yost v. Hastings Dairy, L.L.C. 2024-G-0052CIVIL - dairy farm; manure storage breach; R.C. 939.07; R.C. 6111.07; R.C. 6111.09; injunctive relief; civil penalty.LucciGeauga 5/27/2025 5/27/2025 2025-Ohio-1900
State v. Blaskis 2024-A-0065CRIMINAL LAW - R.C. 2953.08(G); consecutive sentencing; R.C. 2929.14(C)(4); trial court can consider uncharged conduct when sentencing; imposition of consecutive sentences was not contrary to law.PattonAshtabula 5/27/2025 5/27/2025 2025-Ohio-1896
State v. Gordon 2024-A-0078CRIMINAL LAW – Alford pleas; gross sexual imposition; due process; uncharged conduct; not clearly and convincingly contrary to law; consecutive sentences; proportionality finding; not clearly and convincingly unsupported by the record.EklundAshtabula 5/27/2025 5/27/2025 2025-Ohio-1897
Donald Sullivan, L.L.C. v. Mackey 2025-A-0007WRIT - habeas corpus; R.C. 2969.25(C); mandatory compliance; dismissed; sovereign citizen; jurisdiction; frivolous.Per CuriamAshtabula 5/27/2025 5/27/2025 2025-Ohio-1903
Pirozzoli v. Thornton 2024-A-0077CIVIL - domestic violence civil protection order; former boyfriend; dating relationship; R.C. 3113.31(A)(1)(b); instances of emotional and physical abuse; primary basis for petition; respondent shot petitioner in her vehicle; two loaded firearms; reckless handling; respondent possessed over 20 guns; respondent is in military; no pattern of conduct necessary to establish foundation for petition; no error.LucciAshtabula 5/19/2025 5/19/2025 2025-Ohio-1782
Conneaut v. Pushic 2024-A-0079, 2024-A-0080, 2024-A-0081CRIMINAL LAW – misdemeanor sentencing; R.C. 2929.21; R.C. 2929.22; community control sanctions; suspended jail sentence; R.C. 2929.24; R.C. 2929.25; abuse of discretion; no alcohol; no entry into bars; conditions of community control; failure to object; plain error; Crim.R. 52(B).PattonAshtabula 5/19/2025 5/19/2025 2025-Ohio-1783
State v. Bishop 2024-A-0106CRIMINAL - plea; voluntary; incompetent; due process; burden of demonstrating incompetence; indicia of incompetence; mental health services; comprehension of proceedings; mental instabilityS. LynchAshtabula 5/19/2025 5/19/2025 2025-Ohio-1784
State v. Addicott 2024-T-0076CRIMINAL – Hearsay; Evid.R. 803(6); Authentication; Evid. R. 901(A); records did not qualify for admission under business records exception to hearsay rule; Confrontation Clause; failure to admit records as business records violated Confrontation rights.EklundTrumbull 5/19/2025 5/19/2025 2025-Ohio-1785
Patrick v. Patrick 2024-T-0073CIVIL - divorce; separate and marital property; commingling of property; R.C. 3105.171(A); spousal support; R.C. 3105.18(B); maiden name; R.C. 3105.16S. LynchTrumbull 5/12/2025 5/12/2025 2025-Ohio-1709
State v. Fulton 2024-P-0052CRIMINAL - motion to suppress; traffic stop; probable cause; traffic violation; pretext; no traffic citation issued; not determinative; knowledge of requesting officer to arresting officer.M. LynchPortage 5/12/2025 5/12/2025 2025-Ohio-1707
State v. Hall 2024-P-0073CRIMINAL LAW - felonious assault; R.C. 2903.11(A)(2); deadly weapon; sufficient evidence; manifest weight of the evidence; R.C. 2901.22(B); knowingly; ineffective assistance of counsel; lesser included offense; motion to continue.LucciPortage 5/12/2025 5/12/2025 2025-Ohio-1708
Conneaut v. Riley 2024-A-0101CRIMINAL - city ordinance; telecommunications harassment; text messages; video recordings; sufficient evidence; manifest weight; purpose; abuse or harass.M. LynchAshtabula 5/12/2025 5/12/2025 2025-Ohio-1705
State v. Pollard 2024-L-085CRIMINAL - manifest weight of the evidence; sufficiency of the evidence; actual possession; constructive possession; awareness of firearm; defendant's behavior when confronted by police; proximity to firearm; admission of testimony; plain error; Evid.R. 702; legal conclusion; factual observationS. LynchLake 5/12/2025 5/12/2025 2025-Ohio-1706
State v. Beasley 2024-L-083POSTCONVICTION RELIEF - R.C. 2953.21; R.C. 2953.23; res judicata; involuntary confession; ineffective assistance of counsel; failure to file motion to suppress; failing to call expert witnesses.EklundLake 5/5/2025 5/5/2025 2025-Ohio-1599
Yehudah v. Gallagher 2024-L-087CIVIL - motion to dismiss; failure to state a claim; statute of limitations; due process; response to written motion; Civ.R. 6(C)(1); opportunity to respond; harmless errorS. LynchLake 5/5/2025 5/5/2025 2025-Ohio-1600
Walker v. Walker 2024-G-0046APPELLATE REVIEW - trial court judgment can only be reviewed on appeal if it constitutes a final order pursuant to R.C. 2505.02 and Civ.R. 54(B); if multiple claims and parties remain pending there is no final order absent Civ.R. 54(B) language; interlocutory order; no mandatory language that there is no just reason for delay; lack of a final and appealable order.EklundGeauga 5/5/2025 5/5/2025 2025-Ohio-1597
Geothermal Professionals, Ltd. v. Kozlowski 2024-G-0049CIVIL – Small claims court; magistrate’s decision; Civ.R. 60; clerical mistake; failure to timely appeal; App.R. 4(A); Civ.R. 60 filing cannot serve as a substitute for a timely appeal from the original judgment.EklundGeauga 5/5/2025 5/5/2025 2025-Ohio-1598
State v. Montgomery 2024-A-0063CRIMINAL LAW - murder; aggravated robbery; presentence motion to withdraw guilty pleas; abuse of discretion; highly competent counsel; full and fair consideration.EklundAshtabula 5/5/2025 5/5/2025 2025-Ohio-1595
State v. Dempsey 2024-A-0099CRIMINAL - guilty plea; ineffective assistance of counsel; involuntarily; knowingly; voluntarily; coercion; evidence; improper on direct appeal; postconviction relief.M. LynchAshtabula 5/5/2025 5/5/2025 2025-Ohio-1596
Carter-Jones Lumber Co. v. Colabianchi Constr., Inc. 2024-P-0077CIVIL - motion to compel arbitration; contract; arbitration clause; signature requirement; condition precedent; waived by performance; intent to be bound; equitable estoppel.M. LynchPortage 5/5/2025 5/5/2025 2025-Ohio-1601
Rucker v. Fankhauser 2025-P-0005ORIGINAL ACTION - mandamus; prohibition; failure to comply with R.C. 2731.04; failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted; Civ.R. 12(B)(6); petition dismissed.M. LynchPortage 5/5/2025 5/5/2025 2025-Ohio-1606
State ex rel. Tenney v. Ohio Dept. of Rehab. & Corr. 2024-T-0046ORIGINAL ACTION - Mandamus; public records request; failure to provide records; summary judgment; clear legal right; public records provided; failure to rebut evidence of response to public records request.Per CuriamTrumbull 5/5/2025 5/5/2025 2025-Ohio-1602
State v. Sanders 2024-T-0083 & 2024-T-0084CRIMINAL - jurisdiction; venue; vicinity of criminal activity; sufficiency of the evidence; evidence of address where crime occurred; misdemeanor sentencing; abuse of discretion; presumption court considered sentencing factors; consecutive sentences; consistency in sentencing.S. LynchTrumbull 5/5/2025 5/5/2025 2025-Ohio-1603
Saylers v. Salyers 2024-T-0093CIVIL – Divorce; cross-appeal; shared parenting plan; R.C. 3109.04(F); best interest factors; abuse of discretion; Civ.R. 37(C); timely disclosure of witnesses and evidence; R.C. 3119.07; residential parent; child support.EklundTrumbull 5/5/2025 5/5/2025 2025-Ohio-1605
State v. Reed 2024-T-0079CRIMINAL LAW - victim's rights; early termination of community control; R.C. 2930; trial court erred by not affording victim an opportunity to be heard before granting defendant's early termination of community control.PattonTrumbull 4/28/2025 4/28/2025 2025-Ohio-1501
State v. Harper 2024-T-0082CRIMINAL - Anders v. California; wholly frivolous appeal; sentencing; fourth- and fifth-degree felony sex offenses; maximum prison term; statutory range; judicial discretion.M. LynchTrumbull 4/28/2025 4/28/2025 2025-Ohio-1502
Kent v. Hughes 2024-P-0067MOTION TO SUPPRESS - probable cause to arrest; field sobriety tests; chemical testing; R.C. 4511.191(A)(2); test or tests.M. LynchPortage 4/28/2025 4/28/2025 2025-Ohio-1499
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