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Case Caption | Case No. | Topics and Issues | Author | Citation / County | Decided | Posted | WebCite |
Perkins v. Perkins
| 2024-G-0040 | APPELLATE REVIEW – R.C. 2505.02(B); Civ.R. 53(D)(4)(a); magistrate's decision has not been adopted by the trial court and remains interlocutory; No final order exists until all issues relating to property division, support and parental rights and responsibilities have been addressed; An entry that leaves issues unresolved and contemplates further action is not a final appealable order. | Patton | Geauga |
10/28/2024
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10/28/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5162 |
Mahoney-Offi v. Great Expressions Dental Ctrs.
| 2024-L-035 | CIVIL - motion to dismiss; failure to state a claim; Civ.R. 12(B)(6); Family and Medical Leave Act; 29. U.S.C. 2615; interference; retaliation | Lynch | Lake |
10/28/2024
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10/28/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5160 |
State v. Wiley
| 2024-A-0030 | CRIMINAL - Anders, residential community control sanctions, inpatient treatment, reasonably related to rehabilitation, appeal frivolous, motion to withdraw granted. | Trapp | Ashtabula |
10/28/2024
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10/28/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5159 |
Angelo v. Angelo
| 2024-P-0013 | DOMESTIC RELATIONS - motion to modify spousal support; post-decree; separation agreement; R.C. 3105.18; jurisdiction to modify spousal support; change in circumstances; whether existing spousal support award is appropriate and reasonable; court shall not modify original reservation of jurisdiction; tax returns. | Lucci | Portage |
10/28/2024
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10/28/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5163 |
State v. Williams
| 2024-T-0007 | CRIMINAL LAW - aggravated murder; attempted murder; kidnapping; aggravated burglary; receiving stolen property; sufficiency of the evidence; weight of the evidence; burden of production; burden of persuasion; credibility of witnesses; testimony; consistency of factual evidence; shots fired when victims were in home; second round of shots fired when murder victim outside and second victim inside home; medico-forensic testimony supports state's theory; spinal cord severed; immediate collapse; motive challenged; state not required to prove motive; motive useful, but not necessary; witness testimony supports conclusion that defendant was not interested in helping second victim; restrained liberty; defendant engaged in trespassory entry into residence; defendant seriously beat second victim; prior calculation and design; with purpose; advance reasoning to formulate the purpose to kill; murder not the result of instantaneous explosion of sudden events; amendment to indictment; court may allow at any time before, during, and after trial; amendment did not change the name and identity of crime; amendment conformed with Crim.R. 7(D). | Lucci | Trumbull |
10/28/2024
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10/28/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5164 |
State v. Campbell
| 2024-P-0060 | APPELLATE REVIEW - App.R. 4(A)(1); untimely appeal; App.R. 5(A); motion for delayed appeal; fails to set forth valid reason for delay. | Lynch | Portage |
10/28/2024
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10/28/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5161 |
State v. White
| 2024-A-0045 | CRIMINAL – Involuntary Manslaughter with a predicate offense of Trafficking in Drugs; R.C. 2903.04(A); R.C. 2925.03; manifest weight of the evidence; sufficiency of the evidence; cause-in-fact; proximate cause; possibility of death by overdose a foreseeable consequence of trafficking in drugs; R.C. 2953.08(G); R.C. 2929.14(C); consecutive sentences. | Eklund | Ashtabula |
10/28/2024
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10/28/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5158 |
State ex rel. Bates v. Lowery
| 2024-T-0035 | EXTRAORDINARY WRIT - Petition for writ of mandamus; public records request; R.C. 149.43; respondent failed to file an answer or dispositive motion to an alternative writ; R.C. 2731.10; peremptory writ issued. | Per Curiam | Trumbull |
10/21/2024
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10/21/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5059 |
State v. Rose
| 2024-A-0053 | POSTCONVICTION RELIEF - R.C. 2953.21; R.C. 2953.23; successive petition for postconviction relief; denial of petition without a hearing; trial court need not accept affidavits attached to petition as true statements of fact; res judicata. | Eklund | Ashtabula |
10/21/2024
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10/21/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5053 |
State v. Parker
| 2024-T-0039 | POSTCONVICTION RELIEF - recast irregular motions; R.C. 2953.21; untimely; R.C. 2953.23. | Lucci | Trumbull |
10/21/2024
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10/21/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5058 |
In re G.E.H.
| 2024-P-0017 | JUVENILE - custody; termination of shared parenting; Juv.R. 40(D); R.C. 3109.04; magistrate's decision; objections; independent review; best interest of the child. | PATTON | Portage |
10/21/2024
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10/21/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5056 |
State v. Bielfelt
| 2024-L-024 | CRIMINAL - Marsy's Law; Ohio Constitution Article I, Section 10a; standing; a victim only has standing to assert rights that are either enumerated in Marsy’s Law or otherwise afforded by law; diversion program; R.C. 2935.36(A); R.C. 2935.36(C); success in a diversion program is the constructive equivalent of serving a sentence for the crime charged; ordering a record sealed; R.C. 2953.33(B)(4); Civ.R. 12(F). | Eklund | Lake |
10/21/2024
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10/21/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5055 |
Deutsche Bank Natl. Trust Co. v. Brooks
| 2024-G-0010 | CIVIL - Civ.R. 55(A); notice of the application for default judgment; an appearance generally implies some sort of presentation or submission to the court; Civ.R. 60(B); motion for relief from judgment; excusable neglect; mistake. | Eklund | Geauga |
10/21/2024
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10/21/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5054 |
State v. Floyd
| 2024-T-0033 | CRIMINAL LAW - unreasonable delay in sentencing; complicity to involuntary manslaughter; aggravated burglary; tampering with evidence; firearm specification; where the defendant agreed to the delay as part of a plea agreement, delayed sentencing was not unreasonable. | Patton | Trumbull |
10/21/2024
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10/21/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5057 |
State v. Jones
| 2024-P-0020 & 2024-P-0021 | CRIMINAL LAW - obstructing official business; tail light violation; jurisdictional argument; distinction; driving and traveling; no transcript; common meaning; drive includes travel; no motion to suppress filed; waiver of objection to probable cause to stop. | Lucci | Portage |
10/15/2024
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10/15/2024
| 2024-Ohio-4973 |
State v. Vera-Lopez
| 2024-A-0021 | CRIMINAL LAW - guilty plea; erroneous sentence; matter of law; failure to comply with statute; final order on conviction; improper nunc pro tunc; not void; plain error; trial court lacks jurisdiction to modify final order; resentencing; no issue of strict compliance with Crim.R. 11 constitutional requirements; non-constitutional requirements met; appellant requests court judicially engraft additional requirements; plea knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily entered. | Lucci | Ashtabula |
10/15/2024
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10/15/2024
| 2024-Ohio-4971 |
State v. McFarland
| 2024-T-0018 | CRIMINAL LAW - aggravated menacing; victim attempting to collect dues for lawn care services; at defendant's residence; defendant brandished firearm; sufficiency of the evidence; defense of property; trespass; no transcript of jury instructions; victim not a trespasser; victim was invited by property owner; conviction supported by sufficient evidence. | Lucci | Trumbull |
10/15/2024
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10/15/2024
| 2024-Ohio-4974 |
State v. Clark
| 2024-T-0030 | CRIMINAL LAW – rape of child under 13 years of age; R.C. 2907.02; force or threat of force; R.C. 2971.03; R.C. 2901.01(A)(1); sexual conduct; R.C. 2907.01; gross sexual imposition; R.C. 2907.05; sexual contact; life without parole; sufficient evidence; manifest weight of the evidence; authority figure; victim’s will overcome by fear or duress; felony sentencing; R.C. 2953.08(G)(2); R.C. 2929.11; R.C. 2929.12; otherwise contrary to law. | Lucci | Trumbull |
10/15/2024
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10/15/2024
| 2024-Ohio-4976 |
State v. Simon
| 2024-P-0005 | CRIMINAL LAW - manifest weight; sufficiency; Crim.R. 29(A); R.C.2907.09(A)(2); public indecency. | Patton | Portage |
10/15/2024
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10/15/2024
| 2024-Ohio-4972 |
State v. Chambers
| 2024-T-0068 | APPELLATE REVIEW - App.R. 4(A)(1); untimely appeal; App.R. 5(A); motion for delayed appeal fails to set forth reason for delay. | Lucci | Trumbull |
10/7/2024
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10/7/2024
| 2024-Ohio-4835 |
Hwy. Equip. Co. v. Richard Boccia Constr., Inc.
| 2024-T-0019 | CIVIL - Contract; civil judgment; manifest weight of the evidence; delay in repair and costs of repair in excess of initial quote was at least partially attributable to appellant's actions. | Eklund | Trumbull |
9/30/2024
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9/30/2024
| 2024-Ohio-4753 |
State v. Dluhos
| 2024-P-0054, 2024-P-0055 & 2024-P-0056 | APPELLATE REVIEW - App.R. 4(A)(1); untimely appeals; App.R. 5(A) provides a remedy for filing an untimely criminal appeal. | Eklund | Portage |
9/30/2024
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9/30/2024
| 2024-Ohio-4752 |
State v. Demichael
| 2024-T-0063 | APPELLATE REVIEW - State appeal; motion to suppress; Crim.R. 12(K); R.C. 2945.67(A); untimely; no jurisdiction; appeal dismissed. | Lynch | Trumbull |
9/30/2024
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9/30/2024
| 2024-Ohio-4756 |
Streetsboro v. Ragle
| 2024-P-0029 | CRIMINAL - lanes of travel; Streetsboro Cod.Ord. 331.01; minor misdemeanor; no contest plea; explanation of circumstances; R.C. 2937.07; Crim.R. 11(B)(2) | Lynch | Portage |
9/30/2024
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9/30/2024
| 2024-Ohio-4755 |
Hernandez v. Hamdy
| 2024-G-0015 & 2024-G-0016 | CIVIL - domestic violence protection order; R.C. 3113.31; subject matter jurisdiction; county of residence; R.C. 2903.214; continuation of jurisdiction; plain and unambiguous; legislative intent; absurd result; venue; Civ.R. 3(C); custody proceedings | Lynch | Geauga |
9/30/2024
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9/30/2024
| 2024-Ohio-4754 |
State ex rel. Anderson v. Warren Bd. of Health Dept.
| 2024-T-0062 | EXTRAORDINARY WRIT - Petition for writ of mandamus; petition for writ of prohibition; Civ.R. 12(B)(6); failure to state requested relief; requirement of R.C. 2969.25(A) to provide affidavit of inmate of prior actions is mandatory. | Per Curiam | Trumbull |
9/23/2024
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9/23/2024
| 2024-Ohio-4627 |
Harris v. Willoughby, Inc.
| 2024-L-032 | CIVIL - Civ.R. 12(B)(6); motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim; injunctive relief. | Eklund | Lake |
9/23/2024
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9/23/2024
| 2024-Ohio-4626 |
State v. Thompson
| 2024-L-030 | CRIMINAL LAW - sentencing; R.C. 2929.12; trial court reviewed factors at sentencing hearing and in sentencing entry; factors non-exhaustive; not permitted to independently reweigh factors on appeal. | Trapp | Lake |
9/16/2024
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9/16/2024
| 2024-Ohio-4541 |
State v. Oliver
| 2023-L-110 | CRIMINAL LAW - OVI; R.C. 4511.19(A); R.C. 4511.19(B); R.C. 2941.1413; stipulation; prior convictions; sufficient evidence; manifest weight of the evidence; equivalent offense; R.C. 4511.181(A)(1); open container; R.C. 4301.62(B); driving under OVI suspension; R.C. 4510.14(A); proof of erratic driving not required; private roadways; R.C. 4511.191; refusal of a chemical test; person not incapable of refusing chemical test if the person in fact refused to submit to the test; operating a vehicle after underage alcohol consumption is not an equivalent offense; BMV record; ineffective assistance of counsel; plain error: Crim.R. 52(B); entrapment; jury instructions; probable cause for OVI arrest; field sobriety tests not required to be administered. | Lucci | Lake |
9/16/2024
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9/16/2024
| 2024-Ohio-4542 |
State v. Stacy
| 2023-A-0022 | CRIMINAL - Rape; R.C. 2907.02(A)(1)(b) ; Gross Sexual Imposition; R.C. 2907.05(A)(4) and (C)(2); due process; appointment of expert witnesses; particularized need; right to counsel and to remain silent; knowing, voluntary and intelligent waiver; totality of the circumstances; polygraph examination; stipulation; post-test interrogation; motion to quash subpoena; confidential records; children services records; sufficiency of the evidence; manifest weight of the evidence; sexually violent predator; R.C. 2971.01(H); sufficiency of the indictment; bill of particulars | Lynch | Ashtabula |
9/16/2024
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9/16/2024
| 2024-Ohio-4539 |
Havel v. Kent Bd. of Zoning Appeals
| 2024-P-0010 | CIVIL LAW - zoning; administrative appeal; single family dwelling restrictions; constitutional application of zoning law; R.C. 2506.04. | Patton | Portage |
9/16/2024
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9/16/2024
| 2024-Ohio-4544 |
State v. Phillips
| 2024-A-0025, 2024-A-0026, 2024-A-0027 | CRIMINAL - failure to comply; resisting arrest; aggravated menacing; agreed recommendations on sentencing; the trial court is not required to adopt jointly agreed sentencing recommendations. | Patton | Ashtabula |
9/16/2024
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9/16/2024
| 2024-Ohio-4543 |
Conneaut v. Wick
| 2024-A-0001 | CIVIL LAW - aggravated disorderly conduct; disorderly conduct; constitutionality of probation sentence; appellate court has discretion to decline review when issue was not raised in the court below; Crim.R. 52(B). | Patton | Ashtabula |
9/9/2024
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9/9/2024
| 2024-Ohio-4452 |
State ex rel. AWMS Water Solutions, L.L.C. v. Mertz
| 2016-T-0085 | EXTRAORDINARY WRITS – petition for writ of mandamus; brine injection wells; suspension order; Ohio Department of Natural Resources; oil and gas division; shut down of primary well; categorical taking; must demonstrate an elimination of all economically viable use; respondents presented evidence of other reasonable alternative uses; relator did not suffer categorical taking; partial regulatory taking; Penn Central; factors; ad hoc inquiry; claimant suffered specific economic impact; site has generated minimal revenue since suspension order; reservoir engineer; capacity; division’s expert more credible; reasonable and distinct investment-backed expectations; factually driven analysis; regulatory regime in existence at time of acquisition of interest; relators operated in a highly regulated industry; relator was aware of the problem that spawned the regulation at the time it acquired its interest; relator could not have reasonably anticipated the manner in which respondents would address its repeated proposals for re-start; character of the regulation; reasonable; no bad faith; does not weigh heavily in respondents’ favor; balancing factors; regulation effected partial-regulatory taking; respondents must initiate appropriation proceedings; damages calculation limited to capacity analysis. | Trapp | Trumbull |
9/9/2024
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9/9/2024
| 2024-Ohio-4451 |
Stallworth v. Mackey
| 2024-A-0055 | ORIGINAL ACTION - habeas corpus; unlawful detention | Per Curiam | Ashtabula |
9/9/2024
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9/16/2024
| 2024-Ohio-4540 |
State v. Hoffman
| 2024-T-0058 | APPELLATE REVIEW - Postconviction; civil in nature; App.R. 4(A)(1); untimely appeal. | Trapp | Trumbull |
9/3/2024
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9/3/2024
| 2024-Ohio-3372 |
Fifth Third Bank, Natl. Assn. v. Audia
| 2024-P-0014; 2024-P-0016 | CIVIL - foreclosure; confirmation of sale; motion to vacate confirmation of sale; R.C. 2329.45; R.C. 2325.03; appeal is not moot; Civ.R. 60(B); abuse of discretion; personal jurisdiction; de novo review; service perfected on original complaint; Civ.R. 5; service not required on parties in default; ability to pay amount owed on mortgage not a meritorious defense once sale to a third-party purchaser has been confirmed; sale complied with R.C. 2329.20; no evidentiary hearing required; trial court's failure to compy with their local rules is not reversible error. | PATTON | Portage |
9/3/2024
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9/3/2024
| 2024-Ohio-3374 |
Sec. Credit Servs., L.L.C. v. Miller
| 2024-T-0031 | SUMMARY JUDGMENT - nonmoving party; reciprocal burden; evidentiary quality materials; sovereign citizen. | Trapp | Trumbull |
9/3/2024
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9/3/2024
| 2024-Ohio-3371 |
Simpson v. Davenport
| 2024-T-0012 & 2024-T-0013 | CIVIL LAW - noncompliant brief; App.R. 16; Loc.R. 16; appellate court has discretion to dismiss appeal when there is serious noncompliance with the Appellate Rules. | Patton | Trumbull |
9/3/2024
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9/3/2024
| 2024-Ohio-3373 |
State v. Smith
| 2024-A-0009 | CRIMINAL - R.C. 2953.08(G)(2); consecutive sentences; R.C. 2929.14(C)(4); presentence motion to withdraw a guilty plea; Crim.R. 32.1; indefinite sentences; R.C. 2967.271; Reagan Tokes Law; ineffective assistance of counsel. | Eklund | Ashtabula |
9/3/2024
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9/3/2024
| 2024-Ohio-3369 |
Janesch v. Frontier Airlines, Inc.
| 2024-P-0024 | CIVIL - Summary judgment; Civ.R. 56; breach of contract; choice of law; intentional misrepresentation; Consumer Sales Practices Act preempted by the Federal Airline Deregulation Act. | Eklund | Portage |
9/3/2024
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9/3/2024
| 2024-Ohio-3370 |
Grinder v. Schaaf
| 2024-P-0041 | APPELLATE REVIEW - Lack of final appealable order when there is no foreclosure decree issued; no jurisdiction until final decree of foreclosure is issued; R.C. 2505.02. | Trapp | Portage |
8/26/2024
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8/26/2024
| 2024-Ohio-3244 |
State ex rel. Mitchell v. Pittman
| 2024-P-0040 | EXTRAORDINARY WRIT - petition for writ of procedendo; relator cannot compel what has already been performed. | Patton | Portage |
8/26/2024
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8/26/2024
| 2024-Ohio-3246 |
Orr v. Brantley
| 2024-L-009 | CIVIL LAW - civil stalking protection order; CSPO; Civ.R. 65.1; Civ.R. 65.1(G); denial of request for a continuance; challenge to the trial court's adoption of magistrate's findings. | Patton | Lake |
8/26/2024
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8/26/2024
| 2024-Ohio-3245 |
Frenchko v. Shook
| 2024-T-0003 | CIVIL - civil stalking protection order; R.C. 2903.214; R.C. 2903.211; menacing by stalking; pattern of conduct; knowingly cause; R.C. 2901.22; belief that offender will cause victim physical harm or mental distress; sufficient evidence; manifest weight of evidence. | Lucci | Trumbull |
8/19/2024
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8/19/2024
| 2024-Ohio-3153 |
Kennedy v. Kennedy
| 2024-G-0007 | CIVIL - Contempt of court; pro se appellant held to the same standard as other litigants; appellant did not comply with App.R. 12 or App.R. 16(A)(7) because her brief was disjointed, difficult to follow and expressed conspiratorial rather than factual or legal arguments; Civ.R. 53; failure to object to magistrate's decision; App.R. 9(A); App.R. 10(B); failure to provide transcript; App.R. 11; duty of clerk to file record; no prejudice to the parties when clerk filed record on appeal one day late. | Eklund | Geauga |
8/19/2024
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8/19/2024
| 2024-Ohio-3147 |
State ex rel. Internatl. Assn. of Fire Fighters v. Barbish
| 2021-L-103 | CIVIL - punitive damages; compensatory damages; municipal corporation; political subdivision; employee of political subdivision; immunity; official capacity; attorney fees; exceptions to American Rule; bad faith; malice; motion for judgment on the pleadings | Lynch | Lake |
8/19/2024
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8/19/2024
| 2024-Ohio-3148 |
In re Crozier
| 2024-P-0009 | CIVIL - application for relief from weapons disability; R.C. 2923.14; evidentiary hearing; hearing required. | Lynch | Portage |
8/19/2024
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8/19/2024
| 2024-Ohio-3150 |
State v. Flitcraft
| 2023-L-113 | CRIMINAL - Sufficiency of the evidence; Aggravated Robbery; R.C. 2911.01(A)(1); 2911.01(A)(3); manifest weight of the evidence; involuntary acts; voluntary intoxication; R.C. 2901.21(D)(2); R.C. 2953.08; mandatory prison term; R.C. 2929.13(F)(4); R.C. 2929.13(F)(6); plain error; ineffective assistance of counsel; the court's power to call a witness pursuant to Evid.R. 614(A) is inherent; a mistrial should be declared only when the ends of justice so require and a fair trial is no longer possible; Evid.R. 404(B); prior bad acts; jury instructions; blackout defense; R.C. 2901.21(E). | Eklund | Lake |
8/19/2024
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8/19/2024
| 2024-Ohio-3146 |
State v. Ely
| 2024-A-0032, 2024-A-0033, 2024-A-0034, 2024-A-0036 | CRIMINAL LAW - assault; obstructing official business; manifest weight. | Patton | Ashtabula |
8/19/2024
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8/19/2024
| 2024-Ohio-3152 |
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