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| Case Caption | Case No. | Topics and Issues | Author | Citation / County | Decided | Posted | WebCite |
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In re M.G.
| 25CA1216 | PERMANENT CUSTODY - Trial court's judgment placing child in the agency's permanent custody was not against the manifest weight of the evidence - Judgment affirmed. | Smith | Adams |
9/25/2025
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10/1/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4566 |
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State v. Lewis
| 25CA3, 25CA4, 25CA5 | knowing, intelligent, and voluntary; Crim.R. 11(C)(2); competent to stand trial | Hess | Lawrence |
9/25/2025
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9/29/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4520 |
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State v. Miller
| 24CA12 | Other crimes, wrongs, or acts evidence; Evid.R. 404(B); harmless error; Re-open case; order of proof; Evid.R. 611(A) | Hess | Lawrence |
9/22/2025
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9/29/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4519 |
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State v. Crum
| 23CA4045 | Aggravated trafficking; Manifest weight; R.C. 2925.03(A)(2); Possession; Constructive possession; Complicity; R.C. 2923.03(A)(2); Testimony of one witness | Wilkin | Scioto |
9/18/2025
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9/24/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4443 |
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State v. Booker
| 24CA4094 | CRIMINAL-CRIM.R. 32.1-WITHDRAWAL OF PLEA-RES JUDICATA - The judgment of the trial court is affirmed where appellant's Crim.R. 32.1 motion to withdraw his guilty pleas alleging ineffective assistance of trial counsel was barred by the doctrine of res judicata. | Smith | Scioto |
9/17/2025
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9/24/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4455 |
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State v. Ferguson
| 25CA7 | Sentencing error; contrary to law; jointly recommended sentence; competency evaluation | Hess | Washington |
9/17/2025
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9/22/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4416 |
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State ex rel. Yost v. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.
| 24CA1 | CIVIL-MOTION TO INTERVENE-CIV.R. 24(A)(2)-INTERVENTION OF RIGHT-CIV.R. 24(B)(2)-PERMISSIVE INTERVENTION - Trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying proposed intervenor Little Hocking Water Association's motion to intervene where, although water association had a legally protectable property interest in the underlying subject matter of the action, water association was: (1) unable to demonstrate that its ability to protect its interests would be impaired without intervention in light of fact that water association and defendant had previously engaged in litigation in 2016 which had been resolved by a finding of liability and a confidential settlement agreement and which could be enforced by a separate enforcement action; and (2) water association's arguments that Ohio Attorney General was unable to adequately represent water company's interest relied only upon speculation; because a trial court is presumed to know the applicable law and apply it accordingly and because Civ.R. 24 does not require a trial court to make findings of fact or conclusions of law, simply because trial court did not relate Civ.R. 24(A)(2) factors in its entry did not mean that trial court did not engage in a full analysis of water association's arguments in favor of permissive intervention. | Smith | Washington |
9/17/2025
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9/29/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4521 |
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In re D.B.
| 23CA708 | Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, R.C. 2151.23, R.C. 3127.17, R.C. 3127.18(A), home state, subject matter jurisdiction, de novo, habeas corpus, custody, adequate remedy in the ordinary course of the law, verified petition | Wilkin | Vinton |
9/15/2025
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9/23/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4433 |
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Vickroy v. Vickroy
| 23CA17 | Divorce, separate property, marital property, manifest weight of the evidence, tracible property, comingled property, property valuation, life estate, R.C. 3105.171(E)(4), financial misconduct, distributive award, abuse of discretion, civil contempt of court | Wilkin | Hocking |
9/12/2025
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9/17/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4364 |
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Ward v. Ross
| 23CA18 | Civ.R. 12(B)(6), de novo, Civ.R. 8(A), App.R. 16, Practice of Law, Municipal Court Jurisdiction, Judicial Immunity, 42 U.S.C. 1983, political subdivision immunity, political subdivision employee immunity, R.C. 2701.03, affidavit of disqualification of a judge | Wilkin | Jackson |
9/12/2025
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9/22/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4425 |
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State v. Burton
| 24CA9 | CRIMINAL-VOLUNTARINESS OF PLEA-DURESS-WAIVER OF COURT COSTS - Appellant failed to demonstrate his guilty plea was involuntary or made under duress despite threats of harm by other jail inmates where he was permitted to consult with counsel prior to entering his plea, and where there was no evidence his will was overborne by the alleged threats; trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying appellant's motion to waive the imposition of court costs. | Smith | Meigs |
9/9/2025
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9/18/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4388 |
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State v. Jones
| 23CA19 | CRIMINAL-VOIR DIRE-CRIM.R. 24(C)-CRIM.R. 52(B)-MAXIMUM SENTENCE-R.C. 2921.331(B)-FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH ORDER OR SIGNAL OF POLICE OFFICER - Speculation that outcome of trial would have been different had the trial court or defense attorney advised prospective jurors during voir dire of the name of offense for which defendant was being tried or had the court or defense counsel provided factual context of the underlying charge does not support reversal under plain error doctrine where overwhelming evidence supported defendant's conviction for R.C. 2921.331(B), Failure to Comply with Order or Signal of Police Officer; the same presumption that applies to R.C. 2911 and R.C. 2929.12 should also apply to the sentencing factors under R.C. 2921.331(C)(5)(b), that unless the record shows that the court failed to consider the factors or the sentence is strikingly inconsistent with the facts, the court is presumed to have considered the statutory factors if the sentence is within the statutory range; thus Appellant's maximum sentence of 36 months for Failure to Comply with Order or Signal of Police Officer was not disproportionate and contrary to law even though the trial court did not specifically reference the R.C. 2921.331(C)(5)(b) factors at the sentencing hearing or in the sentencing entry. | Smith | Jackson |
9/8/2025
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9/15/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4317 |
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State v. Sines-Riley
| 24CA4097, 24CA4098 | consecutive sentences; restitution; res judicata; invited error | Hess | Scioto |
9/3/2025
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9/8/2025
| 2025-Ohio-3200 |
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State v. Hall
| 22CA12 | Criminal law-Aggravated murder-Trial court did not abuse its discretion by denying motion to change venue due to pretrial publicity or by removing African American prospective juror for cause-Trial court did not deprive appellant of due process or a fair trial by allowing victim's motion to wear a "Justice for [K.R.]" shirt during the first day of individual voir dire-Trial court did not violate appellant's privilege against self-incrimination-Trial court did not allow the prosecution to introduce improper victim-impact evidence, and even if it did, any error did not affect the outcome of the trial-Sufficient evidence supported appellant's conviction and conviction was not against the manifest weight of the evidence-Trial counsel was not ineffective-Prosecutor did not engage in misconduct that warranted a reversal of appellant's conviction-Conspiracy indictment was defective for failing to allege a substantial overt act-Conspiracy conviction reversed and vacated, and judgment otherwise affirmed. | Abele | Meigs |
8/29/2025
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9/8/2025
| 2025-Ohio-3199 |
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State v. Johnson
| 23CA11 | Criminal law-App.R. 26(B)-Reopened appeal-Appellant did not establish that appellate counsel failed to provide effective assistance of counsel on direct appeal-Judgment confirmed. | Abele | Highland |
8/27/2025
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9/3/2025
| 2025-Ohio-3137 |
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State v. Goss
| 25CA1210 | Appellant's sentence is not contrary to law when the trial court properly considered R.C. 2929.11 principles of sentencing, and R.C. 2929.12 seriousness and recidivism factors. | Abele | Adams |
8/27/2025
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9/3/2025
| 2025-Ohio-3136 |
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State v. Glenn
| 24CA4082 | Because counsel and the trial court incorrectly informed appellant that she is eligible for judicial release after serving two years of her sentence, appellant did not enter a knowing and intelligent plea. | Abele | Scioto |
8/26/2025
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9/2/2025
| 2025-Ohio-3121 |
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State v. Knauff
| 23CA29 | Kidnapping; felonious assault; earned credit; good time credit; R.C. 2967.193; agreed sentence; contrary to law; R.C. 2953.08(A)(4) and (D)(1); a court speaks through its journal entries | Wilkin | Ross |
8/21/2025
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8/26/2025
| 2025-Ohio-3046 |
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Peddler's Junction, L.L.C. v. Washington Square, L.L.C.
| 24CA7 | Summary judgment-no genuine issues of material fact remained as to whether appellant could succeed on promissory-estoppel claim when evidence failed to show a clear and unambiguous promise | Abele | Washington |
8/21/2025
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8/27/2025
| 2025-Ohio-3054 |
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State v. Riggens
| 24CA41 | R.C. 2953.08(D)(1); jointly recommended sentence; consecutive-sentence findings; R.C. 2941.25; allied offenses of similar import | Hess | Ross |
8/19/2025
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8/25/2025
| 2025-Ohio-3028 |
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Cee v. Murphy
| 23CA28 | Divorce; abuse of discretion; manifest weight; preponderance of the evidence; “during the marriage” date; equitable division of property; marital property; separate property; real estate; mortgage reduction; vehicle; bank accounts; retirement accounts; credit card; R.C. 3105.171(A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F) and (G) | Wilkin | Ross |
8/19/2025
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8/26/2025
| 2025-Ohio-3045 |
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Southeastern Equip. Co., Inc. v. D.J. Group, Inc.
| 24CA11 | jurisdiction; R.C. 2505.02; Civ.R. 54(B); no just reason for delay; judicial economy | Hess | Washington |
8/14/2025
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8/18/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2936 |
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State v. Prince
| 23CA4014 | The trial court did not admit other acts evidence; admission of codefendants' backseat cruiser statements did not violate Confrontation Clause; court properly overruled mistrial motion; trial court properly instructed jury regarding constructive possession; trial court did not err when it permitted jury to use a listening aid; and appellant's convictions not against the manifest weight or sufficiency of the evidence. | Abele | Scioto |
8/13/2025
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8/21/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2996 |
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In re A.K.
| 25CA8 | abused; neglected; dependent; R.C. 2151.031(C); R.C. 2151.03(A)(2); R.C. 2151.04(C); sufficiency; manifest weight | Hess | Highland |
8/13/2025
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8/18/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2935 |
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In re H.C.
| 25CA4 | Permanent custody-Trial court's judgment placing child in the agency's permanent custody was not against the manifest weight of the evidence-Judgment affirmed. | Abele | Highland |
8/7/2025
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8/22/2025
| 2025-Ohio-3010 |
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In re L.G.
| 25CA3 | Permanent custody–Trial court’s judgment placing child in the agency’s permanent custody was not against the manifest weight of the evidence–Judgment affirmed | Wilkin | Athens |
8/5/2025
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8/13/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2855 |
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State v. Reed
| 23CA4041 | Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Knowing, Voluntary, and Intelligent Plea, Motion to Withdraw Guilty Plea, Counsel's Failure to Review Discovery with Client; Crim.R. 32.1; Change of Heart; Nine-Factor Test for Withdrawal of Guilty Plea, Newly Discovered Evidence | Wilkin | Scioto |
8/5/2025
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8/5/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2753 |
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State v. Adkins
| 24CA3 | Fifth Amendment, Consider exercising the right to silence when determining guilt; Crim.R. 32, Final appealable order; Merger and state election of offense for sentencing; Surviving merger; Bench trial, Structural error | Wilkin | Lawrence |
8/5/2025
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8/11/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2833 |
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State v. Taylor
| 25CA2 | Res judicata barred appellant's Civ.R. 60(B) motion and request for a suppression hearing. | Abele | Lawrence |
8/1/2025
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8/13/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2853 |
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State v. Dodridge
| 22CA19 | CRIMINAL-DOMESTIC VIOLENCE - The trial court did not err in declaring the victim to be a hostile witness under Evid.R. 611(C), nor did it err in interrogating the victim in accordance with Evid.R. 614(B); although the victim's prior written statement that was attached to the police was erroneously admitted into evidence as extrinsic evidence of impeachment, the error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt; plain error did occur as a result of the trial court's failure to provide a limiting instruction, nor was trial counsel ineffective for failing to request a limiting instruction; body cam video that was destroyed was not materially exculpable evidence and the defendant failed to prove that the State acted in bad faith in failing to preserve potentially useful evidence; because the defendant's conviction for disrupting public services was supported by sufficient evidence, the trial court did not err in denying his Crim.R. 29(A) motion for judgment of acquittal; defendant failed to demonstrate that he was deprived of his right to a fair trial as a result of cumulative error. | Smith | Lawrence |
8/1/2025
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8/13/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2856 |
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State v. Andrews
| 24CA4076 | Trial court did not err when it denied motion to suppress evidence. | Abele | Scioto |
8/1/2025
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8/8/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2803 |
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State v. Woodfork
| 23CA22 | CRIMINAL-RIGHT TO COUNSEL OF CHOICE-INFERIOR DEGREE OFFENSE-LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE-BATSON CHALLENGE-INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL - Trial court's denial of motion for continuance did not deny the appellant his right to counsel of choice; the appellant was not entitled to inferior degree offense and lesser included offense jury instructions; the trial court committed no error in allowing the State's peremptory challenge where no Batson violation occurred; the appellant's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel are without merit. | Smith | Ross |
8/1/2025
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8/7/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2786 |
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State v. Shamblin
| 24CA26 | CRIMINAL-POSTCONVICTION RELIEF-INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL-RES JUDICATA - The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying the appellant's petition for postconviction relief without holding a hearing; appellant's ineffective assistance of counsel claim raised in his petition was barred by the doctrine of res judicata. | Smith | Pickaway |
7/29/2025
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8/6/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2760 |
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Burgh v. Potter
| 24CA3 | Civ.R. 12(B)(6); de novo; preliminary agreement; contract; whether a contract exists is question of fact; contract interpretation is matter of law | Wilkin | Washington |
7/29/2025
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8/6/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2765 |
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State v. Farmer
| 24CA4 | jury instructions; plain error; verdict form; privilege; ineffective assistance of counsel; manifest weight of the evidence; sufficiency of the evidence; sentencing error; Reagan Tokes Law; sentencing notifications | Hess | Jackson |
7/22/2025
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7/25/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2616 |
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State v. Cheatham
| 23CA17 | CRIMINAL-INDICTMENT-INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE - While an indictment charging sexual offenses against children need not state with specificity the dates of the alleged abuse as long as the prosecution establishes that the offense occurred during the time frame alleged, and where count alleged that conduct occurred between January 1, 2014 and December 31, 2014; victim testified that the first sexual contact occurred when she was nine years old; and victim did not become nine years old until May 15, 2014, there was no evidence beyond a reasonable doubt to establish that conduct occurred within a reasonable proximity to victim's birthday; decision to call or forego calling witnesses is a tactical decision and deficient performance of trial counsel for purported failure to investigate additional witnesses, where record is silent as to the substance of the suggested testimony and how said testimony would have changed outcome of the proceeding, will not be inferred; where defendant refused a plea offer and proceeded to trial, repeatedly denied all allegations of sexual contact and sexual conduct, and attempted to discredit the victims, requesting jury instructions on the lesser included offense of gross sexual imposition on three counts of rape would have undercut defendant's protestations of innocence, thus, trial counsel was not deficient for failing to request the lesser included instruction. | Smith | Jackson |
7/18/2025
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7/23/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2584 |
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Cochran v. Cochran
| 24CA21 | marital property; date of termination; duration of marriage; valuation of property; distributive award; financial misconduct | Hess | Athens |
7/18/2025
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7/21/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2565 |
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State v. Kegg
| 23CA16 | Rape, R.C. 2907.02(A)(2); Evid.R. 702; expert witness testimony is beyond knowledge or experience of lay persons, is the result of specialized knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education, and is based on reliable scientific, technical, or other specialized information; abuse of discretion; delayed reporting of rape; invited error doctrine; juror bias; ineffective assistance of counsel; deficient performance; prejudice; presumed competent; motion for new trial; Crim.R. 33; R.C. 2953.21 | Wilkin | Athens |
7/17/2025
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7/28/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2651 |
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State v. Harrison
| 25CA1 | indefinite sentence; indeterminate sentence; definite sentence; sentencing error; typographical error; nunc pro tunc; ineffective assistance of trial counsel; res judicata | Hess | Highland |
7/17/2025
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8/4/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2733 |
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State v. Lawson
| 24CA28 | Reverse and remand for trial court to apply New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn. , Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022). | Abele | Ross |
7/17/2025
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7/28/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2650 |
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State v. Buffington
| 24CA4085 & 24CA4086 | Trial court committed plain error when it entered a judgment of conviction when the defendant did not first enter a plea. | Abele | Scioto |
7/17/2025
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7/22/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2575 |
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State v. Carr
| 23CA4023 | CRIMINAL-SUFFICIENCY OF EVIDENCE-MANIFEST WEIGHT OF EVIDENCE-POSSESSION-CRIM.R. 29 - When an Appellant sets forth specific grounds in a Crim.R. 29 motion, he or she forfeits all other grounds on appeal; where trial court merges convictions for purposes of sentencing, erroneous verdict on the merged count would be harmless error; sufficient circumstantial evidence of guilt supported Appellant's conviction for Aggravated Trafficking of Drugs, particularly as to challenged element of "possession" where multiple officers testified regarding large quantity of methamphetamine and other criminal tools used in trafficking found in appellant's home; appellant's own statement to Chief Probation Officer was incriminating; appellant's statement in jail phone call was incriminating; and appellant's girlfriend/co-defendant's phone contained incriminating text conversations such that any rational trier of fact would have found possession was proven beyond a reasonable doubt; furthermore, based on the foregoing, jury did not lose its way and create a miscarriage of justice and appellant's conviction for aggravated trafficking of drugs was not against the manifest weight of the evidence. | Smith | Scioto |
7/16/2025
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7/23/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2583 |
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State v. Alexander
| 24CA4065 | Appeal dismissed; trial court lacks jurisdiction after case is terminated; void judgment; final appealable order; appellate court lacks jurisdiction; R.C. 2505.02(B) | Wilkin | Scioto |
7/16/2025
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7/23/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2587 |
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State v. Perry
| 23CA20 | outrageous government conduct; due process; entrapment; forfeiture; proportionality | Hess | Jackson |
7/16/2025
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7/21/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2566 |
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State v. Athens
| 24CA31 | summary judgment; Athens City Code 11.03.02(A); R.C. 3736.021; auxiliary container; single-use plastic bags; Home Rule Amendment; general law; statewide and comprehensive legislative enactment; police, sanitary, or similar regulations; prescribe a rule of conduct; direct conflict | Hess | Athens |
7/16/2025
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7/29/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2652 |
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Parsons v. Parsons
| 23CA21 | Spousal support, duration, amount; Spousal support, disability benefits; R.C. 3105.18(B); R.C. 3015.18(C); Civ.R. 53(D)(3)(b); Spousal support, burden of proof; Spousal support, equalization of income | Wilkin | Gallia |
7/9/2025
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7/16/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2511 |
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In re S.B.
| 24CA5 | Abused, neglected, or dependent child; legal custody, R.C. 2151.011(B)(21); best interest of the child; R.C. 3109.04; preponderance of the evidence; legal custodian, R.C. 2151.353(A)(3); abuse of discretion; unreasonable, arbitrary, or unconscionable | Wilkin | Athens |
7/8/2025
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7/23/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2586 |
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Wilson v. Canup
| 24CA2 | Small claims; verbal contract; meeting of the minds; substantial compliance; de novo review; factual determination-weight of the evidence; clear and convincing evidence | Wilkin | Lawrence |
7/2/2025
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7/9/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2443 |
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Patton v. Moore
| 24CA4 & 24CA5 | Habeas corpus; verified petition, commitment papers, R.C. Chapter 2725; de novo; dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted; Civ.R. 12(B)(6); summary judgment, Civ.R. 56; due process; R.C. 2969.25(C) | Wilkin | Pickaway |
7/1/2025
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7/9/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2435 |
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State v. Kmosko
| 23CA4 | Menacing; Aggravated Menacing; Lesser Included Offense; Jury Instructions; Prosecutorial Misconduct; Closing Arguments; Crim.R. 31(C); Crim.R. 30 (A) | Wilkin | Athens |
7/1/2025
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7/9/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2433 |
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