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State v. Mundt
| 25 NO 0525 | CRIMINAL – reconsideration; abuse of discretion; unreasonable; en banc; same standard. | Per Curiam | Noble |
4/17/2026
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4/20/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1413 |
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State v. Harris
| 25 BE 0022 | CRIMINAL – App.R. 26(B); application to reopen; plea; failure to file motion to suppress; outside the record; sex offender registration notice; sentence based on improper evidence. | Per Curiam | Belmont |
4/15/2026
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4/15/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1368 |
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Rose v. Stein
| 25 JE 0023 | CIVIL – conversion; deceased daughter’s urn and ashes; personal property; sentimental value; any damage award would be speculative; no recovery; judgment affirmed. | Dickey | Jefferson |
4/15/2026
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4/15/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1369 |
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State v. Lewis
| 25 MA 0093 | Felony sentencing; R.C. 2929.14(C)(4); evidence that a defendant viewed and traded child pornography images over a two-year period of time constitutes evidence of a course of conduct; a trial is expressly permitted to consider a deterrent effect on others in determining a sentence pursuant to R.C. 2929.11. | Waite | Mahoning |
4/13/2026
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4/13/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1326 |
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State v. Jackson
| 25 CO 0029 | trafficking in a fentanyl-related compound; possession of a fentanyl-related compound; trafficking in drugs; possession of drugs; tampering with evidence; no contest plea; withdrawn motion to suppress; counsel not ineffective; plea entered knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently | Hanni | Columbiana |
4/10/2026
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4/13/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1325 |
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Bednarz v. Henderson Family Ents, Ltd.
| 25 MA 0002 | summary judgment; dormant mineral rights; abandonment efforts; reasonable diligence; notice by publication; standing; real property; statute of limitations; laches; declaratory judgment act; trustee. | Robb | Harrison |
4/9/2026
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4/9/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1297 |
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D.F. v. Starkey
| 25 BE 0029 | affirming civil stalking protection order; sufficiency; weight; elements of menacing by stalking; actual mental distress no longer required and in any event belief of physical harm; five-year duration. | Robb | Belmont |
4/9/2026
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4/9/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1298 |
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State v. Morgan
| 25 MA 0082 | Postconviction petition; res judicata bars all arguments that could or should have been, or were raised on direct appeal or an application for reopening. | Waite | Mahoning |
4/9/2026
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4/9/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1296 |
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Cedar One Properties, Ltd. v. Rudolph
| 25 HA 0003 | App.R. 16(A)(1-2), table of contents and table of cases; App.R. 16(A)(6)-(7), references to the record and legal citations; App.R. 9, transcript of the lower court proceedings; regularity of proceedings in absence of transcript; forcible entry and detainer, R.C. 1923; federal bankruptcy court jurisdiction; relief from bankruptcy stay | Hanni | Harrison |
4/7/2026
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4/8/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1260 |
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State v. Craft
| 25 MA 0064 | no speedy trial violation; effect of time waiver; purported revocation and reasonableness of time thereafter; challenge to time waiver validity at time of execution; drug dog probable cause to search vehicle during a stop initiated with reasonable suspicion of traffic violation; dog did not prolong stop plus reasonable suspicion to detain him longer arose; court did not completely fail to advise on effect of no contest plea; prejudice required; state wrong on conceding error and on mootness; sua sponte recognize plain error of imposing sentence on both merged offenses, which resulted in Appellant having extra conviction on record. | Robb | Mahoning |
4/2/2026
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4/2/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1205 |
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Adams v. Flinn
| 25 JE 0014 | Adverse possession; court granted partial summary judgment over two sections of disputed property, and held a bench trial regarding a third; the evidence supports both summary judgment and the bench trial verdict; Appellees maintained a propane tank, water lines, landscaping, trees, a pet cemetery, and engaged in grading and improving the property at great expense; Appellees showed exclusive possession and open, notorious, continuous, and adverse use for a period of twenty-one years; Bailey v. George, 2017-Ohio-767 (7th Dist.); judgment affirmed. | Waite | Jefferson |
3/31/2026
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4/1/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1177 |
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State v. Adams
| 25 MA 0080 | Postconviction petition; res judicata bars all arguments that could or, should have been, or were raised on direct appeal or an application for reopening. | Waite | Mahoning |
3/30/2026
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3/31/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1128 |
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Thompson v. Mercy Health
| 25 MA 0029 | medical malpractice; Evid.R. 103; motion in limine; preliminary decision;/directed verdict; lack of evidence showing proximate cause; mistrial; moot. | Robb | Mahoning |
3/30/2026
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4/1/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1183 |
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State v. Reed
| 25 NO 0529 | CRIMINAL – motion to withdraw plea; North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25 (1970); no contest; State v. Fish, 104 Ohio App.3d 236, (1st Dist.1995); prejudice to the state; waiver of appellate rights; testimony at the hearing on the motion to withdraw plea. | Dickey | Noble |
3/27/2026
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3/27/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1085 |
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State v. Hallowell
| 25 NO 0530 | Motion to suppress; illegible license plate, R.C. 4503.21; improperly illuminated license plate, R.C. 4513.05; initiating vehicle stop; reasonable articulable suspicion; no contest plea; failure to inform defendant of effects of no contest plea; failure of defendant to express no contest plea on the record; Crim.R. 11; de novo review; ineffective assistance of counsel; trial strategy | Hanni | Noble |
3/25/2026
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3/26/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1036 |
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Youngstown v. Carrier Servs. Group, Inc.
| 25 MA 0071 | summary judgment; final, appealable order; political subdivision immunity; R.C. Chapter 2744; federal qualified immunity | Hanni | Mahoning |
3/25/2026
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3/26/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1032 |
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State v. Posey
| 25 MA 0087 | guilty plea; vehicular assault; failure to stop after an accident; R.C. 2929.19; court permitted to consider reports from Community Corrections Association of Appellant’s violation of electronically monitored house arrest | Hanni | Mahoning |
3/25/2026
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3/26/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1033 |
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Morgan v. Keenan
| 25 MA 0091 | CIVIL – docket; trial continuances; abuse of discretion; damages; speculative; ascertainable; repair estimates; hearsay; lay witness testimony; no objection; Civ.R. 53(E)(3)(b); plain error. | Dickey | Mahoning |
3/25/2026
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3/26/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1034 |
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Whitney v. Baker
| 25 MO 0006 | Marketable Title Act; Blackstone v. Moore, 2018-Ohio-4959; Erickson v. Morrison, 2021-Ohio-746; minor deviations found between the original reservation and the reference within the root of title deed do not make a reference general where the language is nearly verbatim and the essential terms are the same; remand to enter judgment where party admits the process of reasonable due diligence not met in Dormant Mineral Act analysis; remand to determine the amount of royalties owed and who must pay those. | Waite | Monroe |
3/25/2026
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3/26/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1035 |
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State v. Yost
| 24 CO 0016 | failure to establish good cause for filing application for reopening a year after appellate decision affirming his conviction; application to reopen denied. | Per Curiam | Columbiana |
3/25/2026
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3/26/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1030 |
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State v. Gavarkavich
| 25 BE 0043 | Crim.R. 11(E); court required to inform a defendant of the effect of a guilty plea prior to accepting the plea; state confesses error; reversed and remanded. | Waite | Belmont |
3/25/2026
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3/26/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1031 |
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Midland Credit Mgt. Inc. v. Bowers
| 24 MO 0018 | CIVIL - R.C. 2711.02(B); R.C. 2711.03; arbitration; stay; compel; satisfied; trier of fact; Civil Rule 56(E); affidavits. | Per Curiam | Monroe |
3/24/2026
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3/25/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1017 |
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L.F. v. Simpson
| 25 MA 0089 | CIVIL – civil stalking protection order; electronic mails; disclosure of medical diagnosis, ownership of weapons; credibility; failure to sua sponte permit supplemental briefing. | Dickey | Mahoning |
3/24/2026
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3/25/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1019 |
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Chestnut Ridge 156, L.L.C. v. Miller
| 25 JE 0012 | Marketable Title Act; multiple possible roots of title may exist within a chain of title; a trial court must review every possible root of title deed up to the severance deed before determining whether an interest has been preserved; Senterra Ltd. v. Winland, 2019-Ohio-4387 (7th Dist.). | Waite | Jefferson |
3/24/2026
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3/25/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1018 |
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Facemyer v. Facemyer
| 25 MA 0081 | DOMESTIC RELATIONS – VISITATION – termination of visitation rights; abuse of discretion standard of review; the trial court found clear and convincing evidence of extraordinary circumstances that would justify terminating Appellant’s visitation rights, namely that visitation with Appellant would cause harm to the minor child; the court reviewed the factors in R.C. 3109.051(D) and concluded it was in the minor child’s best interest to terminate Appellant’s visitation; judgment affirmed. | Dickey | Mahoning |
3/19/2026
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3/19/2026
| 2026-Ohio-910 |
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H.A. v. J.A.
| 25 MA 0057 | Domestic violence civil protection order ("DVCPO"); R.C. 3113.31; challenge to weight of the evidence as to whether victim was afraid of the defendant, and to trial court’s decision to sustain objections to magistrate’s decision and to grant the DVCPO; victim testified that she was afraid, and evidence showed that defendant has a history of suicidal thoughts, was distraught, took a gun and bullets outside his house, hid the gun behind his back, told victim to take the gun away from him, and said he was going to do something stupid; trial court properly reviewed objections under Civ.R. 65.1; judgment affirmed. | Waite | Mahoning |
3/13/2026
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3/13/2026
| 2026-Ohio-847 |
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State v. Fields
| 25 BE 0038, 25 BE 0042 | Motion to suppress; Fourth Amendment; protective sweep; reasonable, articulable suspicion; jointly recommended sentence | Hanni | Belmont |
3/13/2026
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3/16/2026
| 2026-Ohio-867 |
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State v. Simmons
| 25 CO 0015 | reconsideration denied. | Per Curiam | Columbiana |
3/12/2026
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3/13/2026
| 2026-Ohio-849 |
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Bell v. Ohio Living Communities
| 25 MA 0066 | summary judgment affirmed; appellant claimed the trial court failed to consider important filings and erred in striking untimely expert report; initial summary judgment burden established by defense in action on medical claim where plaintiff failed to disclose expert report prior to deadlines and reciprocal burden could not be met. | Robb | Mahoning |
3/12/2026
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3/13/2026
| 2026-Ohio-848 |
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In re J.C.
| 25 JE 0018 | JUVENILE – guilty of sexual imposition; adjudicated a delinquent child; sentenced to probation; contested hearing; sufficient evidence; the trier of fact could reasonably conclude beyond a reasonable doubt that the elements of sexual imposition were proven; manifest weight; the trier of fact did not clearly lose its way in finding Appellant guilty; judgment affirmed. | Dickey | Jefferson |
3/11/2026
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3/11/2026
| 2026-Ohio-818 |
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State v. Padgelek
| 25 BE 0046 | CRIMINAL – misdemeanor sentences; guilty plea; R.C. 2937.07; explanation of the circumstances of the offense; statutory violation; harmless error; abuse of discretion; consecutive sentences. | Dickey | Belmont |
3/11/2026
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3/11/2026
| 2026-Ohio-817 |
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State ex rel. Katsigianis v. Dellick
| 26 MA 0006 | original action; writ of procedendo; Civ.R. 12(B)(6) motion to dismiss; juvenile court; reallocation of parental rights and responsibilities; R.C. 3109.04; whether juvenile court refused to enter judgment or unnecessarily delayed proceeding to judgment; interim orders entered during pendency of reallocation motion do not constitute refusal to act; R.C. 3109.043 authorizing temporary orders while action is pending; trial court's inherent docket-management authority; relator's repeated failures to appear at properly noticed hearings contributing to delay; party who contributes to delays in trial court cannot invoke those delays as grounds for procedendo | Per Curiam | Mahoning |
3/9/2026
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3/9/2026
| 2026-Ohio-913 |
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State v. Ferrelli
| 25 BE 0049 | trial court lacks statutory authority to impose a minor misdemeanor sentence that included probation (with no contact provisions); sentence contrary to law; a sentencing option on a minor misdemeanor includes suspending a portion of the fine on the condition of community service; remand for further proceedings, including but not limited to resentencing | Robb | Belmont |
3/5/2026
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3/5/2026
| 2026-Ohio-750 |
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Price v. Price
| 25 NO 0527 | pro se appeal; transcript of proceedings App.R. 9(B); accept the trial court's factual determinations as true; validity of land installment contract; substantial compliance with R.C. 5313.02; equitable interest; advisory opinion; waiver doctrine. | Robb | Noble |
3/5/2026
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3/5/2026
| 2026-Ohio-747 |
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Salem v. Columbiana Cty. Bd. of Cmmrs.
| 25 CO 0017 | Annexation; R.C. 709.033(A); where a road is owned by a municipality rather than a property owner, that road does not automatically follow the property into annexation unless that municipality agrees to the annexation of its property; the contiguous requirement is not met; annexation will create an island where significant confusion will result, a road maintenance issue created where ownership of a single road is fragmented in a manner that would cause confusion as to emergency service response and road maintenance. | Waite | Columbiana |
2/19/2026
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2/20/2026
| 2026-Ohio-579 |
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Culgan v. Hanlin
| 25 JE 0022 | public records request; claim asserting the prosecutor destroyed public records; summary judgment; new argument raised in reply to summary judgment; no opportunity to respond; Civ.R. 6(C)(1) | Hanni | Jefferson |
2/18/2026
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2/19/2026
| 2026-Ohio-549 |
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State v. Anderson
| 25 MO 0005 | CERTIFICATION – App.R. 25(A); pro se motion to certify a conflict untimely filed; no specified issue proposed for certification; motion denied. | Per Curiam | Monroe |
2/18/2026
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2/19/2026
| 2026-Ohio-550 |
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State v. Anderson
| 25 MO 0005 | RECONSIDERATION – App.R. 26(A); pro se application for reconsideration untimely filed; no “extraordinary circumstances” established; Appellant has not demonstrated any obvious errors or raised any issues that were not adequately addressed in our previous opinion; this court is not persuaded that we erred as a matter of law; application denied. | Per Curiam | Monroe |
2/18/2026
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2/19/2026
| 2026-Ohio-551 |
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State v. Amos
| 25 BE 0045 | POSTCONVICTION RELIEF – pro se Appellant; “Motion for Trial Counsel to be Deemed Ineffective”; “Motion to Vacate Sentence and Release Defendant”; fourth and fifth petitions for postconviction relief; denied without a hearing; untimely filed; no exception entitling him to relief was demonstrated; no substantive, supporting grounds. RES JUDICATA – judgment affirmed. | Dickey | Belmont |
2/17/2026
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2/18/2026
| 2026-Ohio-539 |
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Sutherly v. Theaker
| 25 BE 0003 | application for reconsideration; no obvious error; en banc consideration; intradistrict conflict; dispositive issue. | Per Curiam | Belmont |
2/11/2026
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2/11/2026
| 2026-Ohio-444 |
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State v. Brown
| 25 JE 0011 | Mandatory fine; felony conviction; waive; appointed counsel; ownership of real property; indigent; appointment of trial counsel. | Robb | Jefferson |
2/11/2026
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2/11/2026
| 2026-Ohio-443 |
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Talib v. Perkins Restaurant
| 25 MA 0079 | de novo review; res judicata; issue preclusion; Civ.R. 12(B)(6) motion to dismiss; affidavit of disqualification; consumers sales practices act. | Robb | Mahoning |
2/11/2026
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2/11/2026
| 2026-Ohio-445 |
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Wintersville v. Bates
| 25 JE 0009 | notice to abate nuisance of deteriorating retaining wall; board of nuisance appeals; R.C. 2506.04; administrative appeal; public nuisance; no abuse of discretion by trial court | Hanni | Jefferson |
2/10/2026
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2/10/2026
| 2026-Ohio-417 |
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State v. Shipp
| 25 BE 0037 | guilty plea to aggravated trafficking in drugs; plea entered knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently; Crim.R. 11(C)(2); no ineffective assistance of counsel | Hanni | Belmont |
2/10/2026
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2/10/2026
| 2026-Ohio-416 |
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State v. Smith
| 24 BE 0058 | REOPENING – App.R. 26(B); timely pro se application to reopen direct appeal; Appellant fails to meet the standard under Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984); assignments of error; jury waiver; sufficiency; weight of the evidence; Appellant fails to establish that he was denied the effective assistance of appellate counsel warranting a reopening; application denied. | Per Curiam | Belmont |
2/6/2026
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2/9/2026
| 2026-Ohio-387 |
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State v. Mundt
| 25 NO 0525 | CRIMINAL – R.C. 2929.025; serious mental illness; clinical diagnosis; forensic diagnosis; Bipolar Disorder; Schizoaffective Disorder; abuse of discretion; conflicting reasonable interpretations; admissibility of expert opinion; uncontroverted expert testimony; successive petition. | Dickey | Noble |
2/5/2026
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2/6/2026
| 2026-Ohio-382 |
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State v. Smith
| 25 BE 0030 | CRIMINAL LAW – trafficking in cocaine; possession of cocaine; aggravated trafficking in drugs (methamphetamine); aggravated possession of drugs (methamphetamine); jury trial; consecutive prison sentence; speedy trial; motion to suppress; manifest weight; live video witness testimony; judgment affirmed. | Dickey | Belmont |
2/4/2026
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2/5/2026
| 2026-Ohio-359 |
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State v. Simmons
| 25 CO 0015 | promoting prostitution conviction affirmed; appellant alleged ineffective assistance of counsel by failing to subpoena other prostitute whose services she offered to undercover officer; sufficient evidence on elements related to the operation of an enterprise; jury verdict was not contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence. | Robb | Columbiana |
2/4/2026
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2/5/2026
| 2026-Ohio-360 |
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State v. George
| 25 CO 0018 | R.C. 2907.231(B), engaging in prostitution; void for vagueness; overbreadth; due process rights; motion to dismiss; de novo; fundamental right; narrowly tailored statute; presumption of constitutionality; rational basis | Hanni | Columbiana |
2/3/2026
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2/3/2026
| 2026-Ohio-324 |
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State v. Clavin
| 25 CO 0019 | R.C. 2907.231(B), engaging in prostitution; void for vagueness; overbreadth; due process rights; motion to dismiss; de novo; fundamental right; narrowly tailored statute; presumption of constitutionality; rational basis | Hanni | Columbiana |
2/3/2026
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2/3/2026
| 2026-Ohio-325 |
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