| Case Caption | Case No. | Topics and Issues | Author | Citation / County | Decided | Posted | WebCite |
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State v. Bailey
| 25 MA 0046 | Application for reconsideration; App.R. 26; no obvious error; no issue not fully considered. | Per Curiam | Mahoning |
1/16/2026
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1/16/2026
| 2026-Ohio-147 |
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Tancer v. Charter Oaks Dev., Ltd.
| 25 MA 0051 | Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act; attorney’s fees; Ohio Construction Services Supplies Act; knowingly; workmanlike manner; negligent; manifest weight. | Robb | Mahoning |
1/15/2026
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1/15/2026
| 2026-Ohio-136 |
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State v. Richardson
| 25 BE 0027 | CRIMINAL LAW – aggravated possession of drugs (methamphetamine); jury trial; prison sentence; sufficient evidence; constructive possession; the trial court did not err in overruling Appellant’s Crim.R. 29 motion; manifest weight; the jury did not clearly lose its way in finding Appellant guilty; judgments affirmed | Dickey | Belmont |
1/15/2026
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1/15/2026
| 2026-Ohio-134 |
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State v. Spack
| 25 CO 0022 | CRIMINAL – pandering obscenity involving a minor or impaired person; illegal use of a minor or impaired person in nudity-oriented material; consecutive sentences; ineffective assistance of counsel; defense counsel’s arguments at sentencing. | Dickey | Columbiana |
1/15/2026
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1/15/2026
| 2026-Ohio-135 |
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State v. Anderson
| 25 MO 0005 | POSTCONVICTION RELIEF – pro se “Motion To Correct Sentence Entry; third pro se petition for postconviction relief; denied without a hearing. RES JUDICATA – judgment affirmed. | Dickey | Monroe |
1/14/2026
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1/14/2026
| 2026-Ohio-104 |
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Kapper v. Valantine Roofing & Home Remodeling, Inc.
| 25 MA 0060 | CIVIL – breach of contract, Consumer Sales Practices Act; assignability of contract; assignment of contract; failure to honor express warranty; consumer transaction; home construction service contract; small claims court; some reliable evidence. | Dickey | Mahoning |
1/13/2026
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1/14/2026
| 2026-Ohio-103 |
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State ex rel. Izquierdo v. Krichbaum
| 25 MA 0109 | original action; petition for writ of mandamus; pro se relator; motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim; Civ.R. 12(B)(6); standard of review; court may consider evidence outside petition when subsequent event renders case moot; relief sought to compel trial court to rule on pending motions sounds more appropriately in procedendo than mandamus; elements of procedendo; clear legal right to require respondent to proceed; clear legal duty to proceed; lack of adequate remedy in ordinary course of law; mootness; procedendo and mandamus claims become moot when respondent performs duty requested; trial court ruled on all pending motions during pendency of petition; neither mandamus nor procedendo will compel performance of duty already performed; extraordinary writs not appropriate to control judicial discretion or challenge substance of rulings; availability of appeal precludes mandamus relief; R.C. 2731.05; request for sanctions under Civ.R. 11; subjective bad-faith standard; record did not support finding of willful misrepresentation where relator not served with judgment entry pursuant to Civ.R. 58(B); sanctions denied; proper disposition when writ claim is moot is to deny writ rather than dismiss petition; motion to dismiss denied in part as moot; motion to dismiss denied as to sanctions; writ denied. | Per Curiam | Mahoning |
1/9/2026
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1/12/2026
| 2026-Ohio-64 |
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State v. Jones
| 25 MA 0076 | affirming the denial of application to seal a juvenile record; appellate deficiencies; lack of transcript from magistrate’s hearing; current federal parole status does not automatically make juvenile applicant ineligible but is a factor to consider; no abuse of discretion in weighing the factors. | Robb | Mahoning |
1/9/2026
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1/14/2026
| 2026-Ohio-106 |
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State v. Stepler
| 25 BE 0015 | sufficient evidence of aggravated drug trafficking despite Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation ("BCI") decision to test only some baggies; not against the manifest weight; defendant admitted what substances he carried on his person; one of three baggies of similar drugs in the hidden compartment by driver position in defendant’s own van that he was driving. | Robb | Belmont |
1/8/2026
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1/9/2026
| 2026-Ohio-55 |
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D'Amico v. Zidian
| 25 MA 0045 | Magistrate decision; Default judgment; damages; damages hearing; evidence of damages; abuse of discretion; de novo review; competent, credible evidence; punitive damages; joint and several liability | Hanni | Mahoning |
1/8/2026
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1/9/2026
| 2026-Ohio-47 |
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Spencer v. Harrison Twp. Bd. of Trustees
| 25 CA 0984 | R.C. 2506, R.C. 5571.14; subject matter jurisdiction; legislative act; resolutions; public nuisance; administrative appeal; R.C. 2506.03; non quasi-judicial act; separate actions | Hanni | Carroll |
1/8/2026
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1/9/2026
| 2026-Ohio-46 |