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State v. Bissell
| 113158 | Sufficiency of the evidence; manifest weight; merger doctrine. On remand from the Ohio Supreme Court reversing the findings that the convictions for felony murder and failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer were not supported by sufficient evidence, the appellate court reverses its decision finding sufficient evidence on both counts. Additionally, on review, and based on the Ohio Supreme Court’s ruling in State v. Reillo, the felony murder and failure to comply charges were also supported by the manifest weight of the evidence. Because neither party challenged the appellate court’s ruling determining that the merger doctrine did not apply, appellant’s challenge to his conviction based on that argument remains overruled. | Groves | Cuyahoga |
8/20/2026
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8/20/2026
| 2026-Ohio-3221 |
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State v. Reillo
| 113531 | Gross sexual imposition; sufficiency; remand. The Ohio Supreme Court remanded this case for consideration of the second assignment of error challenging the sufficiency of the evidence supporting the gross-sexual-imposition conviction. Because the Ohio Supreme Court determined that conviction was not against the weight of the evidence, it is necessarily supported by sufficient evidence. | S. Gallagher | Cuyahoga |
8/20/2026
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8/20/2026
| 2026-Ohio-3222 |
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State v. Baker
| 115334 | R.C. 2929.14(C)(4); consecutive sentences; required findings; R.C. 2953.08(G)(2); supported by the record; failure to object to sentence at trial; plain error review. Appellant appeals the trial court’s imposition of consecutive sentences. Appellant failed to object to his sentence at trial waiving all but plain error review. Upon review of the record we find that the trial court made all the findings required to impose consecutive sentences as required by R.C. 2929.14(C)(4) and said findings were supported by the record. We find no plain error here. Judgment affirmed. | E.A. Gallagher | Cuyahoga |
8/20/2026
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8/20/2026
| 2026-Ohio-3224 |
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State v. King
| 115384 | Batson challenge; peremptory strikes; venire member; race-neutral reason; intersectionality of race and gender; voir dire; sufficiency of the evidence; theft in office; having unlawful interest in a public contract; representation by a public official or employee; filing a false disclosure statement; financial disclosure statements; soliciting improper compensation; Ohio Ethics Commission; new issues or arguments; plain error; conditions of his community control; abuse of discretion; R.C. 2921.41(A)(1); R.C. 2913.01(K); R.C. 2913.02(A)(1); R.C. 2913.02(A)(3); R.C. 2921.42(A)(1); R.C. 2921.42(A)(4); R.C. 102.03(D); R.C. 102.03(E); R.C. 102.02(D); R.C. 2901.22(B); R.C. 2921.43(A)(1); R.C. 2929.28(A)(2); R.C. 102.99(E); R.C. 102.02(G)(2); R.C. 2929.26; R.C. 2929.28; R.C. 2929.27(A)(8); R.C. 2929.25(C)(2). Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded. The fine imposed on appellant pursuant to R.C. 2929.28(A)(2) for a violation of R.C. 102.03(E) is reversed and remanded for resentencing because the fine exceeds the statutory maximum pursuant to the statute. The remainder of the trial court’s orders are affirmed because no error was found in the trial court’s denial of appellant’s Batson challenge, the sufficiency of the evidence, the recoupment of costs, and the imposition of alcohol and drug testing community-control sanctions. | Calabrese | Cuyahoga |
8/20/2026
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8/20/2026
| 2026-Ohio-3225 |
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Gant v. Bolan
| 115416 | Motion to dismiss, Civ.R. 12(B)(6), storage lien, R.C. 5322.02, R.C. 5322.03. Court erred in granting a motion to dismiss related to claims arising out of plaintiff-appellant’s storage of property at the defendants-appellees’ self-storage facility. Although defendants-appellees argued that they were lawfully enforcing an owner’s lien under R.C. 5322.03 due to the plaintiff-appellant’s nonpayment of storage fees, plaintiff-appellant alleged facts, which if proven true, would establish claims for conversion, breach of contract, and a violation of R.C. 5322.03. | Forbes | Cuyahoga |
8/20/2026
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8/20/2026
| 2026-Ohio-3226 |
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