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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
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
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
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
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. 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
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
State v. Facemire 2024-P-0068 & 2024-P-0069CRIMINAL - presentence motion to withdraw plea; abuse of discretion; consequences of plea explained; personal misunderstanding of law did not invalidate plea; Crim.R. 11; knowing entry of plea; right not to testify; right to silence; post-release control; mandatory; incorrect advisement; limited hearing on post-release controlS. LynchPortage 4/28/2025 4/28/2025 2025-Ohio-1500
Herman v. Norfolk S. Ry., Co. 2024-A-0042CIVIL LAW – motion for new trial; jury instructions; Federal Employers’ Liability Act ("FELA"); jurisdiction; appeal was timely filed; Loc.R. 3(A); fax filings; waiver; Civ.R. 51(A); plain error; de novo; abuse of discretion; jury instructions correctly set forth the standard under FELA.PattonAshtabula 4/25/2025 4/28/2025 2025-Ohio-1498
State v. Norton 2024-L-080CRIMINAL LAW - felony sentencing; community control; conditions; refrain from use of drugs and alcohol; trial court's discretion; reasonable relationship between conditions and conviction; no abuse of discretion.LucciLake 4/21/2025 4/21/2025 2025-Ohio-1413
Middleton v. Clarky's Closeouts 2024-T-0086CIVIL - negligence; fall; summary judgment; open and obvious; premises liability; business invitee; genuine issue of material fact.LucciTrumbull 4/21/2025 4/21/2025 2025-Ohio-1414
State v. Bell 2024-T-0090POSTCONVICTION RELIEF - R.C. 2953.21; untimely petition; newly discovered evidence; R.C. 2953.23; timeliness exceptions.LucciTrumbull 4/21/2025 4/21/2025 2025-Ohio-1415
State v. Hiles 2024-T-0091CRIMINAL - knowing, intelligent, and voluntary plea; Crim.R. 11; maximum penalty; nonconstitutional right; prejudice; jointly recommended sentence; proportionality; danger to public, consecutive sentences; contrary to law; sentencing factorsS. LynchTrumbull 3/31/2025 3/31/2025 2025-Ohio-1119
Holloway v. Mackey 2025-A-0006EXTRAORDINARY WRITS - Petition for writ of habeas corpus; motion to dismiss; Civ.R.12(B)(1); court divested of jurisdiction after petitioner’s custody transferred to institution outside court’s territorial bounds.EklundAshtabula 3/31/2025 3/31/2025 2025-Ohio-1118
Gen. Auto Ins., Co., Inc. v. Lehman 2024-A-0066CIVIL LAW - declaratory judgment; summary judgment; Civ.R. 56; contracts; ambiguity; exclusion of the word 'expired' from contract’s exclusions did not create ambiguity and was not against public policy.PattonAshtabula 3/24/2025 3/24/2025 2025-Ohio-1015
State v. Peoples 2024-A-0070CRIMINAL LAW - sentencing; R.C. 2953.08(G); failure to comply; R.C. 2921.331(C)(5)(b); additional sentencing factors; presentence investigation; sentence was not contrary to law.PattonAshtabula 3/24/2025 3/24/2025 2025-Ohio-1016
State ex rel. Weir v. Camplese 2024-A-0100EXTRAORDINARY WRIT - petition for procedendo; improper case caption; not entitled to a writ of procedendo; adequate remedy at law; no evidence of filing in lower court.Per CuriamAshtabula 3/24/2025 3/24/2025 2025-Ohio-1017
State v. Ellis 2024-L-061CRIMINAL - Possession of Drugs; R.C. 225.11; warrantless search; motion to suppress search; third-party consent; voluntariness of consent; automobile exception; odor of marijuana.EklundLake 3/24/2025 3/24/2025 2025-Ohio-1014
State v. Alston 2024-L-062CRIMINAL LAW - sentencing; failure to comply; R.C. 2921.331; prior conviction; mandatory lifetime driver's license suspension; Eighth Amendment; cruel and unusual punishment; constitutional; lifetime driver's license suspension is not disproportionate.PattonLake 3/24/2025 3/24/2025 2025-Ohio-1018
State v. Nixon 2024-P-0050POSTCONVICTION RELIEF - due process violations; doctrine of res judicata; ineffective assistance of counsel; sufficient operative facts; evidentiary documents; findings of fact and conclusions of law; leave to amend petition; abuse of discretion.M. LynchPortage 3/24/2025 3/24/2025 2025-Ohio-1019
State v. Snodgrass 2024-T-0087CRIMINAL - Violating a Protection Order; R.C. 2919.27; sufficiency of the evidence; manifest weight of the evidence; recklessness; R.C. 2901.22(C); ineffective assistance of counsel; trial strategyS. LynchTrumbull 3/24/2025 3/24/2025 2025-Ohio-1020
Ohio Valley Mall Co. v. Dreamz Come True, L.L.C. 2024-T-0071CIVIL - summary judgment; breach of contract; equitable estoppel; genuine issue of material fact; no-oral modification provision; waiver; subsequent conduct; detrimental reliance; reasonableness.EklundTrumbull 3/17/2025 3/17/2025 2025-Ohio-888
State ex rel. Sultaana v. Trumbull Corr. Inst. 2024-T-0074EXTRAORDINARY WRITS - complaint for writ of mandamus; public records request; R.C. 149.43; documents relating to an alleged assault in correctional facility; petitioner's son; statutory damages sought; video documentation; default judgment inappropriate; service; motions for summary judgment; evidence of compliance with requests; evidentiary quality materials; records custodian not required to create new records or documents; complaint denied; petitioner not entitled to statutory damages.Per CuriamTrumbull 3/17/2025 3/17/2025 2025-Ohio-893
State v. Wilcox 2024-P-0022CRIMINAL LAW - felonious assault; fight with neighbors; notice of intent to assert affirmative defense of self-defense; speedy trial; statutory right; R.C. 2945.71; 270 days; triple count; tolling provisions; defendant did not respond to reciprocal discovery order or the state's motion; other tolling events; untimely notice; Crim.R. 12.2; R.C. 2945.72(E); no statutory violation; no constitutional speedy-trial violation.LucciPortage 3/17/2025 3/17/2025 2025-Ohio-891
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