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State v. Logan
| 115240 | Criminal law; guilty plea; waiver; subject-matter jurisdiction; indictment; facial validity; motion to suppress; drug trafficking; drug possession; possessing criminal tools; forfeiture; controlled purchase; confidential informant; search warrant; arrest warrant; crack cocaine; fentanyl; heroin; methamphetamine; Crim.R. 11; nonjurisdictional defects; due process; Fourteenth Amendment; prosecutorial misconduct; Ohio Const., art. I, § 10; abuse of discretion; plea colloquy; concurrent sentences; postrelease control. Appellant entered a knowing, intelligent, and voluntary guilty plea to multiple drug-related offenses. The appellant waived all nonjurisdictional defects in prior proceedings, including challenges to subject-matter jurisdiction based on alleged facial invalidity of the indictment, denial of a pretrial motion to suppress, claims of prosecutorial misconduct in presenting the indictment, and alleged violations of the State constitution. Judgment of the trial court affirmed. | Laster Mays | Cuyahoga |
6/4/2026
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6/4/2026
| 2026-Ohio-2076 |
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Murman v. WP Operating
| 115456 | Arbitration; arbitration agreement; motion to compel; R.C. 2711.01; R.C. 2711.23; medical claims; skilled-nursing facilities; statutory interpretation. Judgment affirmed. The singular arbitration provision contained within the parties’ 16 page admission’s agreement is unenforceable. Specifically, the arbitration provision does not comply with the mandatory requirements of R.C. 2711.23 that govern arbitration agreements between residents and skilled-nursing facilities relating to medical claims. Because the subject arbitration provision does not comply with R.C. 2711.23, the trial court did not err in denying appellants’ motion to compel arbitration. | Sheehan | Cuyahoga |
6/4/2026
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6/4/2026
| 2026-Ohio-2080 |
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Cuyahoga Cty. Treasurer v. Schutz
| 115821 | Tax foreclosure; res judicata; unclean hands. The trial court’s judgment ordering the foreclosure of the subject property is affirmed. The method of the valuation of the property has been upheld by the Supreme Court of Ohio. Appellant’s attempt to relitigate the issue is barred under the doctrine of res judicata. Appellant’s conclusory claim of appellee’s unclean hands is inapplicable to this case. | Ryan | Cuyahoga |
6/4/2026
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6/4/2026
| 2026-Ohio-2091 |
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State v. Mercado
| 115612 | Motion to dismiss; preindictment delay; de novo; actual prejudice; unavailable testimony; deceased witness. Judgment reversed. The trial court erred in granting defendant-appellee’s motion to dismiss for preindictment delay where defendant-appellee failed to establish actual prejudice. Although lack of specificity of a missing witness’s testimony does not render a claim of prejudice caused by preindictment delay fatally speculative, it does when the defendant fails to show that the missing testimony would minimize or eliminate the impact of the State’s evidence or bolster the defense. Based on the record before us, we cannot say that the defendant-appellee established that the deceased witnesses’ testimony would do so. Rather, there is nothing in the record beyond mere speculation that deceased individuals witnessed anything that would have undermined the State’s case or aided the defendant-appellee’s defense. Moreover, the evidence defendant-appellee claims to be unavailable is cumulative and/or obtainable from other sources. Therefore, defendant-appellee did not satisfy his initial burden, requiring him to prove preindictment delay caused actual prejudice. | Groves | Cuyahoga |
6/4/2026
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6/4/2026
| 2026-Ohio-2082 |
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In re Ju.G.
| 115335 | Permanent custody; failure to protect children; ineffective assistance of counsel; weight of the evidence; criminal conviction; interpreter services. Judgment affirmed. The trial court’s judgment granting permanent custody of mother’s four children was not against the manifest weight of the evidence. The record demonstrates that mother failed to protect her children and she failed to remedy that concern throughout the case. Evidence of criminal conviction of one of mother’s boyfriends was conclusive proof of his sexual molestation of one of mother’s children. Mother failed to demonstrate that her counsel was ineffective. The record demonstrates that mother had meaningful interpretation services throughout the proceedings. | Ryan | Cuyahoga |
6/4/2026
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6/4/2026
| 2026-Ohio-2077 |
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