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State v. Zimmerman
| CA2025-10-026 | Appellant did not demonstrate that the delayed prosecution impaired his ability to receive a fair trial. Appellant's claims rest largely on speculation about what unavailable witnesses might have said and what testing of the missing sexual-assault kit might have revealed. But the Ohio Supreme Court's decision in State v. Jones, 2016-Ohio-5105, requires more than speculation. Because appellant failed to establish actual prejudice, the trial court properly denied his motion to dismiss. In addition, appellant presented no evidence that the admitted exhibits had been altered, contaminated, substituted, or tampered with. Any gaps or inconsistencies in the chain of custody went to the weight and credibility of the evidence, not its admissibility. Accordingly, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting the challenged exhibits. Finally, appellant's conviction for rape was supported by the manifest weight of the evidence. The jury was in the best position to observe witnesses, evaluate their credibility, and resolve conflicts in the evidence. | Siebert | Madison |
9/14/2026
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9/14/2026
| 2026-Ohio-3568 |
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Collins v. Vitori
| CA2025-12-114 | The trial court did not abuse its discretion in awarding default judgment to appellee as a discovery sanction against appellant where the appellee's complaint stated a colorable claim for relief and appellant's conduct throughout the discovery process constituted an unjustified, willful, or flagrant abuse of discovery. | Hendrickson | Warren |
9/14/2026
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9/14/2026
| 2026-Ohio-3571 |
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State v. Carlier
| CA2025-09-016 | Trial court did not err in admitting evidence of appellant's history of drug abuse where it was used for the purpose of showing his motive to burn down his grandmother's house in retaliation. The prosecutor did not engage in misconduct when he remarked in his opening and closing statements that the case was about "betrayal" and that the jury would feel "anger" and "disgust." | Piper | Brown |
9/14/2026
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9/14/2026
| 2026-Ohio-3565 |
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Dynamic Fed. Credit Union v. Mumaw
| CA2025-10-027 | The trial court's premature ruling granting summary judgment to a credit union on its breach of contract claim amounted to harmless error where the defaulting appellant had not denied any of the allegations set forth in the complaint, appellant admitted to defaulting in payment, his answer failed to set forth any defenses to the breach of contract claim, and, in a memorandum in opposition to summary judgment filed after the court rendered judgment in the credit union's favor, appellant failed to present any evidence creating a genuine issue of material fact. | Hendrickson | Madison |
9/14/2026
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9/14/2026
| 2026-Ohio-3569 |
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State v. Perez
| CA2026-01-010 | Appellant appeals the trial court order upwardly modifying the previously agreed-upon restitution as part of his plan for intervention-in-lieu-of-conviction ("ILC"). For the reasons set forth below, we dismiss the appeal for lack of a final, appealable order. | Piper | Warren |
9/14/2026
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9/14/2026
| 2026-Ohio-3572 |
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