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State v. Frasure 2024-A-0049, 2024-A-0050CRIMINAL - Operating a Vehicle Impaired ("OVI"); R.C. 4511.19(A)(1)(h); trespass; R.C. 2911.12(B); Anders brief; guilty plea; Crim.R. 11; felony sentencingM. LynchAshtabula 8/18/2025 8/18/2025 2025-Ohio-2922
State v. Hall 2024-A-0105CRIMINAL LAW - Anders v. California; wholly frivolous appeal; indefinite sentence; stipulated sentence; authorized by law; not subject to appellate review; R.C. 2953.08(D)(1).M. LynchAshtabula 8/18/2025 8/18/2025 2025-Ohio-2923
Johnson v. Reynolds 2025-A-0022EXTRAORDINARY WRITS - petition for writ of habeas corpus; jurisdiction of sentencing court; jurisdiction of appellate court; discretionary appeal to Ohio Supreme Court is an adequate remedy at law.Per CuriamAshtabula 8/18/2025 8/18/2025 2025-Ohio-2929
State v. Diaz 2024-L-077CRIMINAL LAW - sufficiency of the evidence; manifest weight of the evidence; complicity to commit burglary; circumstantial evidence; solicit; procure; permanent or temporary habitation.M. LynchLake 8/18/2025 8/18/2025 2025-Ohio-2924
J&S Motors, L.L.C. v. Hendking 2024-L-088CIVIL - small claims; magistrate decision; preponderance of the evidence; objections; transcript; admission of evidence; claims raised on appeal; legal authorities; App.R. 16(A)(7).M. LynchLake 8/18/2025 8/18/2025 2025-Ohio-2925
Sharp v. Richmond 2024-L-094CHILD CUSTODY - magistrate's decision; termination of shared parenting plan; objections; transcript; best interest factors; trial court; independent review.M. LynchLake 8/18/2025 8/18/2025 2025-Ohio-2926
Johnson v. TKP Auto Sales, Inc. 2025-L-011CIVIL - small claims; use motor vehicle; express warranty; R.C. 1302.26(A)(1); "as is"; R.C. 1302.29(C)(1); revocation of acceptanceS. LynchLake 8/18/2025 8/18/2025 2025-Ohio-2930
State ex rel. Oatman v. DeLeone 2025-L-058EXTRAORDINARY WRIT - mandamus; juvenile court; child support order; Civ.R. 12(B)(6) motion to dismiss; compliance with R.C. 2731.04; request to correct caption; adequate remedy at law; mootness; already ruled on pending motions; improper raising of additional claims.Per CuriamLake 8/18/2025 8/18/2025 2025-Ohio-2931
In re M.S.H. 2025-L-069JURISDICTION - termination of parental rights; juvenile; civil case; untimely; Civ.R. 58(B) requirements met; no ability to enlarge time; appeal dismissed.LucciLake 8/18/2025 8/18/2025 2025-Ohio-2932
State v. Jones 2024-P-0082CRIMINAL LAW – public indecency; R.C. 2907.09(A)(1)(2); sufficiency; manifest weight; ineffective assistance of counsel.PattonPortage 8/18/2025 8/18/2025 2025-Ohio-2928
State v. Peterson 2024-P-0075CRIMINAL - aggravated possession; R.C. 2925.11(A); aggravated trafficking; R.C. 2925.03(A)(2); tampering with evidence; R.C. 2921.12(A)(1); methamphetamine; bulk amount; R.C. 2925.01(D)(1)(g); knowingly; R.C. 2901.22(B); sufficiency of the evidence; manifest weight of the evidence; admissibility of relevant evidence; motion in limine; plain error.S. LynchPortage 8/18/2025 8/18/2025 2025-Ohio-2937
State v. Bumbico 2025-T-0036APPELLATE REVIEW – App.R. 4(A)(1); untimely criminal appeal; has not sought leave to appeal under App.R. 5(A); appeal dismissed.S. LynchTrumbull 8/18/2025 8/18/2025 2025-Ohio-2933
State v. Brown 2025-T-0001CRIMINAL - manifest weight of the evidence; sufficient evidence; Crim.R. 29(A); use of a firearm; operability of a firearm; circumstantial evidence of operability; felonious assault; having weapons while under disability; firearm specificationS. LynchTrumbull 8/11/2025 8/11/2025 2025-Ohio-2810
State v. Bliffin 2025-A-0001, 2025-A-0002CRIMINAL LAW - community control violations; felony sentencing; standard of review; R.C. 2953.08(G)(2); jointly recommended sentence imposed by the sentencing court; R.C. 2953.08(G)(2); prison term authorized by law; R.C. 2929.15(B).LucciAshtabula 8/11/2025 8/11/2025 2025-Ohio-2809
Cleveland Skydiving Ctr., Inc. v. Troy Twp. Bd. of Zoning Appeals 2024-G-0043ZONING - prior non-conforming use; sky diving business; campground; resolution adopted in 1984; does not include campgrounds; operated as early as mid-1960s; 1956 ordinance submitted without notice; laches; estoppel; non-enforcement; prior appeal dismissed; untimely; R.C. 2506.01; procedural due process; Civ.R. 8 pleading requirements do not apply to appellate proceedings; equitable defenses not argued; Constitutional due process violated; no waiver or forfeit of ability to contest application of R.C. 1956 resolution; allegations of bias; board acted without complete impartiality; some evidence of bias; lack of due process does not imply lack of jurisdiction; R.C. 2506.03; hearing on remand; additional evidence.LucciGeauga 8/11/2025 8/11/2025 2025-Ohio-2808
State v. Smith 2025-G-0005CRIMINAL LAW – failure to register change of employment; R.C. 2950.05; motion to dismiss indictment; unconstitutional vagueness; as applied challenge; place of employment address; common, everyday meaning; the address of the physical environment where one engages or is employed in activity; the location where an offender performs work.EklundGeauga 8/4/2025 8/4/2025 2025-Ohio-2736
State v. Grady 2024-L-089CRIMINAL – Motion to Suppress; Fourth Amendment; search and seizure; extension of stop; voluntary consent to search.EklundLake 8/4/2025 8/4/2025 2025-Ohio-2734
State v. Nix 2024-L-092CRIMINAL - possession of cocaine; trafficking in cocaine; motion to suppress; reasonable suspicion of criminal activity; seizure; automobile stop; collective knowledge doctrine; probable cause to search; automobile exception; informant; weight of the evidenceS. LynchLake 8/4/2025 8/4/2025 2025-Ohio-2735
Tamarac Apts., L.L.C. v. Austin 2025-L-061APPELLATE REVIEW - Trial court judgment can only be immediately reviewed by an appellate court if it constitutes a final order; R.C. 2505.02(B); deferring damages for a later determination is not a final order; attorney fees amount not awarded and not disposed of in entry on appeal is not a final order.S. LynchLake 8/4/2025 8/4/2025 2025-Ohio-2737
Luoma, Exr. of Estate of Bayus v. Bayus 2025-T-0005PROBATE - concealment; R.C. 2109.50; inter vivos gift; intent; weight of the evidenceS. LynchTrumbull 8/4/2025 8/4/2025 2025-Ohio-2738
Salyers v. Salyers 2025-T-0009CIVIL – Domestic Relations; shared parenting plan; objection to notice of relocation; magistrate’s decision; Civ.R. 53; abuse of discretion; plain error; trial court divested of jurisdiction over issues that could potentially conflict with the disposition of a pending appeal; no evidence trial court was improperly bias against father or engaged in gender-based assumptions in its ruling.EklundTrumbull 8/4/2025 8/4/2025 2025-Ohio-2739
Edwards v. Jeziorkowski 2025-T-0037APPELLATE REVIEW - App.R. 4(A); thirty-day rule; Civ.R. 58(B); untimely appeal.EklundTrumbull 8/4/2025 8/4/2025 2025-Ohio-2740
State v. Douglas 2024-T-0099; 2024-T-0100; 2024-T-0101CRIMINAL LAW - bench trial; domestic violence; manifest weight of the evidence; witness credibility; ineffective assistance of counsel; trial strategy; Crim.R. 29 motion for acquittal; fruitless.EklundTrumbull 7/28/2025 7/28/2025 2025-Ohio-2635
State v. Jackson 2024-L-037CRIMINAL - felony sentencing; presumption of vindictiveness; law of the caseM. LynchLake 7/28/2025 7/28/2025 2025-Ohio-2634
Great Lakes Crushing, Ltd. v. Fairport Harbor 2025-L-040APPELLATE REVIEW - denial of a stay pending arbitration in a commercial construction contract is not a final appealable order; R.C. 2711.02(D)PattonLake 7/28/2025 7/28/2025 2025-Ohio-2637
Lavrich v. Snyderburn 2025-G-0003CIVIL – Small claims; landlord failed to return security deposit; counterclaim for damages to tenancy; R.C. 5321.16; double damages only available for portion of security deposit wrongfully withheld; trial court failed to make findings as to amount of security deposit properly withheld, if any.EklundGeauga 7/28/2025 7/28/2025 2025-Ohio-2636
Eagle Ridge Subdivision Property Owners Assn., Inc. v. Slodov 2025-G-0001CIVIL - motion to dismiss; vacating dismissal; final order; Civ.R. 60(B); sua sponte; involuntary dismissal; Civ.R. 60(A); clerical mistakeS. LynchGeauga 7/21/2025 7/21/2025 2025-Ohio-2569
State v. McDonough 2024-A-0107CRIMINAL – Rape; R.C. 2907.02; ineffective assistance of counsel; joint recommendation for sentence of life imprisonment without parole; benefit of entering a no contest plea; R.C. 2953.08(D)(1) precludes review of sexually violent predator specification.EklundAshtabula 7/21/2025 7/21/2025 2025-Ohio-2568
State v. Garner 2025-L-075APPELLATE REVIEW - Untimely appeal; App.R. 4(A)(1); 30 days; lack of jurisdiction.PattonLake 7/21/2025 7/21/2025 2025-Ohio-2570
State v. C.J.R. 2025-G-0002CRIMINAL - petition to seal the record; expungement; mandatory hearing; notice of hearing; notice to victim; R.C. 2953.32S. LynchGeauga 7/14/2025 7/14/2025 2025-Ohio-2477
Marszal v. Catholic Cemeteries Assn. of the Diocese of Cleveland 2024-G-0047CIVIL - breach of contract; intentional infliction of emotion distress; disinterment; probate court; summary judgment; reciprocal burden; nonmoving party; evidentiary quality material; conclusory allegations; genuine issues of material fact; judgment as matter of law.M. LynchGeauga 7/7/2025 7/7/2025 2025-Ohio-2398
Coxon v. Coxon 2024-A-0064CIVIL LAW – divorce; cross-appeal; equitable distribution of assets; distributive award; de facto termination date; R.C. 3105.171; abuse of discretion; trial court must explain reasons for using different dates for valuation purposes.PattonAshtabula 7/7/2025 7/7/2025 2025-Ohio-2395
State v. Ranney 2024-A-0098CRIMINAL LAW - pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor; R.C. 2907.322; guilty plea; Crim.R. 11; presentence motion to withdraw plea; Crim.R. 32.1; abuse of discretion; Peterseim factors; freely and liberally granted; change of heart.LucciAshtabula 7/7/2025 7/7/2025 2025-Ohio-2396
State v. Rogers 2024-A-0102CRIMINAL LAW - community control; revocation hearing; voluntary program; unsuccessfully discharged; objection; plain error; hearsay evidence; due process; confrontation; cross-examination; cruel and unusual punishment; medical treatment; prisoner.M. LynchAshtabula 7/7/2025 7/7/2025 2025-Ohio-2397
Sturkie v. Auxier 2024-L-091CIVIL -juvenile court; modification of visitation rights; entry of hearing date on docket; constructive notice; due process; best interest of the child; competent, credible evidence; judgment entry insufficient for appellate review.M. LynchAshtabula 7/7/2025 7/7/2025 2025-Ohio-2399
State v. John 2024-P-0062CRIMINAL LAW - guilty pleas; unlawful sexual conduct with a minor; individual felony sentences; dismissed counts; imposed outside of defendant’s presence; Crim.R. 43; judgment of conviction; Crim.R. 32(C); sentencing factors and considerations; R.C. 2929.11 and 2929.12; presumption; silent record; not clearly and convincingly contrary to law; consecutive-sentence findings; not clearly and convincingly unsupported by the record.EklundPortage 7/7/2025 7/7/2025 2025-Ohio-2400
In re Adoption of A.J.L. 2025-P-0012ADOPTION - adoption proceeding; contested adoption; best interest; abuse of discretion; least detrimental alternative; family relationships; totality of the best interest factors; case-by-case basis; grandparents' rights' burden of proof; material evidenceS. LynchPortage 7/7/2025 7/7/2025 2025-Ohio-2401
State v. Rushcak 2024-P-0061CRIMINAL - Sexual Imposition; R.C. 2907.06(A); sufficiency and weight of the evidence; sexual contact; R.C. 2907.01(B)S. LynchPortage 6/30/2025 6/30/2025 2025-Ohio-2303
State v. Pugh 2024-P-0064CRIMINAL – presentence motion to withdraw guilty plea; Crim.R. 32.1; knowing, intelligent, and voluntary plea; ineffective assistance of counsel; client confidencesS. LynchPortage 6/30/2025 6/30/2025 2025-Ohio-2304
Tornstrom Indus. Dev. Corp. v. 123 Lyndhurst, L.L.C. 2024-L-076CIVIL - summary judgment; standing; storage facility; seller and relatives may keep property on site for three months; holdover; rent; failure to remove; property owned by separate company; alleged third-party beneficiary; incidental beneficiary; term "relative" not defined; company does not have relatives; shareholder of company does not have standing.LucciLake 6/30/2025 6/30/2025 2025-Ohio-2302
Tax Ease OH IV, L.L.C. v. Osmic 2025-L-045APPELLATE REVIEW - R.C. 2505.02(B); appeal from magistrate's order is not a final appealable order; Civ.R. 53(D)(2)(a)(i); lack of jurisdiction.M. LynchLake 6/30/2025 6/30/2025 2025-Ohio-2306
State v. Stills 2025-L-046APPELLATE REVIEW - Notice of appeal must be signed by appellant or licensed attorney; R.C. 4705.01; Loc.R. 4(A).S. LynchLake 6/30/2025 6/30/2025 2025-Ohio-2307
Lake Cty. Dept. of Job & Family Servs., Child Support Enforcement Div. v. Oatman 2025-L-055APPELLATE REVIEW - R.C. 2505.02(B); appeal from magistrate's order is not a final appealable order; Civ.R. 53(D)(2)(a)(i); lack of jurisdiction.LucciLake 6/30/2025 6/30/2025 2025-Ohio-2308
State v. Hoke 2024-A-0071CRIMINAL LAW - guilty plea; Anders brief; motion to withdraw; felony sentencing; not contrary to law; all necessary findings made for consecutive sentences; Crim.R. 11(C) requirements met; valid plea; no meritorious issues; motion to withdraw granted; no error.LucciAshtabula 6/30/2025 6/30/2025 2025-Ohio-2300
State v. Vera-Lopez 2024-A-0104CRIMINAL LAW - felony resentencing; jail-time credit; failure to calculate; time-served; moot; community control; jail sentence not equivalent to prison term; if defendant violates, he will be subject to 36-months in prison; no error.LucciAshtabula 6/30/2025 6/30/2025 2025-Ohio-2301
KIN, Inc. v. Trumbull Cty. Bd. of Revision 2024-T-0104, 2024-T-0105TAX APPEAL - Ohio Board of Tax Appeals; valuation complaints; tenant; jurisdiction; standing; landlord authorization; agency; tenant as agent; question of fact; motion for reconsideration; reiterated arguments; raised new issue; improper.M. LynchTrumbull 6/30/2025 6/30/2025 2025-Ohio-2305
State v. McBride 2025-T-0004CRIMINAL - motion for transcripts; trial court record; right to transcripts; transcripts at public expense; pending appeal; undue delay; ineffective assistance of appellate counselS. LynchTrumbull 6/30/2025 6/30/2025 2025-Ohio-2309
State v. Leslein 2025-L-050APPELLATE REVIEW - Untimely appeal; App.R. 4(A)(1); 30 days; lack of jurisdiction.EklundLake 6/23/2025 6/23/2025 2025-Ohio-2186
Grimm v. Professional Dental Alliance, L.L.C. 2024-P-0039CIVIL - arbitration; R.C. 2711.02; employment contract; age discrimination claim; R.C. 4112.02; loser-pays provision; American rule; attorney fees; substantive unconscionability; procedural unconscionability; public policy; severability.LucciPortage 6/23/2025 6/23/2025 2025-Ohio-2185
Steuer Revocable Trust v. Strauss 2024-L-074CIVIL - order appointing receiver; final appealable order; R.C. 2505.02(B)(2); 30 days to appeal; App.R. 4(A)(1); stipulation of dismissal; Civ.R. 41(A)(1); joint motion for dismissal; Civ.R. 41(A)(2); receiver action must be dismissed by order of court; Civ.R. 66; assignment of error unsupported by citations may be disregarded; App.R. 16(A)(7).M. LynchLake 6/16/2025 6/16/2025 2025-Ohio-2111
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