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Case Caption | Case No. | Topics and Issues | Author | Citation / County | Decided | Posted | WebCite |
In re A.D.
| 31195 | delinquency, adjudication, assault of a peace officer, R.C. 2903.13(A), resisting arrest, R.C. 2921.33(B), cumulative error, use of force | Stevenson | Summit |
7/2/2025
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7/2/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2349 |
State v. Burst
| 31048 | cruelty to animals, dog kennel, sufficiency of the evidence, moot | Flagg Lanzinger | Summit |
6/30/2025
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6/30/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2277 |
State v. Hartwell
| 31219 | manifest weight, expert witness, limiting instruction | Sutton | Summit |
6/30/2025
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6/30/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2278 |
State v. Hutchins
| 31134 | App.R. 12(A)(2), App.R. 16(A)(7), Loc.R. 16(A)(7) | Sutton | Summit |
6/30/2025
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6/30/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2279 |
State v. Jarrell
| 31137 | Crim.R. 29, manifest weight, expert testimony, rape, sexual battery | Sutton | Summit |
6/30/2025
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6/30/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2280 |
State v. Jennings
| 31147 | R.C. 2929.11 & R.C. 2929.12 sentencing factors, appellate review of felony sentencing, abuse of discretion. | Stevenson | Summit |
6/30/2025
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6/30/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2281 |
Larsen Medina, L.L.C. v. Echelon Senior Living Group, L.L.C.
| 31305 | arbitration – frivolous conduct – Civ.R. 11 – sanctions | Hensal | Summit |
6/30/2025
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6/30/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2282 |
N.H. v. Soisson
| 31322 | political subdivision immunity, motion for judgment on the pleadings, Civ.R. 12 (C) | Stevenson | Summit |
6/30/2025
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6/30/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2285 |
Silliman v. Davis
| 31223 | R.C. 2305.113(C), statute of repose, R.C. 2305.19, savings statute, motion for summary judgment, forfeiture of argument on appeal | Sutton | Summit |
6/30/2025
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6/30/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2287 |
State v. Yerkey
| 31163 | Crim.R. 11, misdemeanor, guilty plea, motion to withdraw, manifest injustice | Stevenson | Summit |
6/30/2025
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6/30/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2289 |
State v. Brundage
| 31304 | post-sentence motion to withdraw guilty plea, res judicata, burden on appeal, pro se, Crim.R. 32.1 | Carr | Summit |
6/30/2025
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6/30/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2310 |
State v. Marshall
| 23CA012056 | felony murder, cell phone extractions, felonious assault, gun, tampering with evidence, ineffective assistance, sufficiency, manifest weight, cumulative error, lesser included offense, jury instructions, proximate cause, prosecutorial misconduct, autopsy photographs, hearsay, plain error, App.R. 16(A)(7) | Flagg Lanzinger | Lorain |
6/30/2025
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6/30/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2283 |
State v. Morgan
| 24CA012078 | sufficiency, hearsay, R.C. 2929.28, plain error, invited error | Sutton | Lorain |
6/30/2025
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6/30/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2284 |
State v. Saltis
| 24CA012155 | Fifth Amendment, defense witness, compulsory process, Sixth Amendment, mistrial, abuse of discretion, perjury | Flagg Lanzinger | Lorain |
6/30/2025
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6/30/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2286 |
Gray v. Gray
| 24CA012169 | contempt, property division, impossibility, attorney fees, purge conditions | Carr | Lorain |
6/30/2025
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6/30/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2311 |
State v. Williams
| 2024CA0074-M | bond forfeiture, R.C. 2937.36, surety | Carr | Medina |
6/30/2025
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6/30/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2288 |
State v. Easter
| 31119 | aggravated murder – felony murder – kidnapping – complicity – juror – outside influence – forfeiture – plain error – deception – lure | Carr | Summit |
6/25/2025
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6/25/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2213 |
In re J.P.
| 31337 | permanent custody, best interest, Mother’s lack of commitment to reunification, | Sutton | Summit |
6/25/2025
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6/25/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2214 |
Wicks v. Lover's Lane Market`
| 31236 | summary judgment, duty to warn, res judicata, negligence per se, gross negligence, respondeat superior, Civ. R 56 | Hensal | Summit |
6/25/2025
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6/25/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2215 |
State v. Robinson
| 30959 | motion to suppress, warrantless search, plain view doctrine, exigent circumstances, parole violator, stalking-horse, parole investigation, R.C. 2967.131(C) | Sutton | Summit |
6/25/2025
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6/25/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2216 |
State v. Weese
| 2024CA0083-M | suppression – exhaust – credibility – findings of fact | Hensal | Medina |
6/23/2025
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6/23/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2193 |
Robinson v. Shank
| 24CA012170 | res judicata, claim preclusion, privity, summary judgment, R.C. 1706.26. | Hensal | Lorain |
6/23/2025
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6/23/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2191 |
In re A.M.
| 31272 | legal custody – preponderance of the evidence – manifest weight of the evidence – reasonable efforts – objection – forfeited – Juv.R. 40 | Carr | Summit |
6/18/2025
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6/18/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2139 |
In re T.S.
| 31297, 31298 | permanent custody, best interest, incomplete evidence, Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (“ICPC”), priority placement under Regulation No. 7, trial court’s authority to set another hearing date to take more evidence | Carr | Summit |
6/18/2025
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6/18/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2140 |
Whitney v. J.M. Smucker Co.
| 30713, 30714 | employment discrimination, retaliation, cat’s paw, sealed documents, attorney-client privilege | Hensal | Summit |
6/18/2025
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6/18/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2141 |
State ex rel. McIntyre v. McCarty
| 30845 | Mandamus, Prohibition, jurisdiction, appeal, State ex rel. Special Prosecutors, In re S.J., plurality | Per Curiam | Summit |
6/11/2025
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6/11/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2065 |
State v. Simon
| 2024CA0084-M | R.C. 2921.331(B), willfully, elude or flee a police officer, sufficient evidence, manifest weight of the evidence | Stevenson | Medina |
6/9/2025
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6/9/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2042 |
Griesmar v. Stow
| 31202 | summary judgment, res judicata, issue preclusion, collateral estoppel, probable cause, U.S. Const., amend. IV, Ohio Const., art. I, § 14 | Sutton | Summit |
6/4/2025
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6/4/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1993 |
In re Adoption of S.N.W.
| 31259, 31261 | adoption, former R.C. 3107.07(A), failure to pay maintenance and support during the one-year lookback period, voluntariness or source of payment | Stevenson | Summit |
6/4/2025
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6/4/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1994 |
State v. Sparks
| 31229 | petition for post-conviction relief, R.C. 2953.21, R.C. 2953.23 | Hensal | Summit |
6/4/2025
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6/4/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1995 |
Akron v. Stone
| 31286 | forfeiture, firearm, due process, subject matter jurisdiction, plea agreement, no contest, contraband, instrumentality | Flagg Lanzinger | Summit |
6/4/2025
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6/4/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1996 |
State v. Briggs
| 2024CA0087-M | manifest weight, aggravated menacing, R.C. 2903.21(A), pro se, prejudice, leading | Stevenson | Medina |
6/2/2025
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6/2/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1966 |
State v. Kinard
| 31120 | road rage – drive-by shooting – highway – self-defense – manifest weight – other acts – ineffective assistance – sentencing – R.C. 2929.14(B)(1)(c) | Stevenson | Summit |
5/28/2025
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5/28/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1907 |
State v. Owens
| 31081 | Crim.R. 32.1, presentence motion to withdraw guilty plea, abuse of discretion, change of heart | Flagg Lanzinger | Summit |
5/28/2025
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5/28/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1908 |
State v. Williams
| 30859 | guilty plea, Crim.R. 11(C)(2)(a), mandatory prison term, nonconstitutional right, vacate | Flagg Lanzinger | Summit |
5/28/2025
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5/28/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1909 |
State v. Stooksbury
| 2024CA0056-M | Crim.R. 11(D), R.C. 4511.19, misdemeanor, guilty plea, sentence, excessive, enhancements, res judicata | Stevenson | Medina |
5/27/2025
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5/27/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1883 |
State v. Clark
| 2025CA0004-M | sufficiency of the evidence, R.C. 4511.21(D)(5), posted speed limit violation | Stevenson | Medina |
5/27/2025
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5/27/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1886 |
Bartick v. Lorain Cty. Bd. of Commrs.
| 24CA012130 | statutory interpretation, questions of law, de novo review, drainage improvement, administrative appeal, R.C. Chapter 6131, R.C. 6131.04, R.C. 6131.08, R.C. 6131.17, R.C. 5131.22, R.C. 6131.25, R.C. 6131.27, R.C. 6131.30, R.C. R.C. 6131.31, 6131.32, jury trial, additional evidence, abuse of discretion | Sutton | Lorain |
5/27/2025
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5/27/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1881 |
M.K. v. J.P.
| 24CA012179 | Domestic violence civil protection order ("DVCPO"), R.C. 3113.31, menacing by stalking, pattern of conduct, mental distress | Flagg Lanzinger | Lorain |
5/27/2025
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5/27/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1882 |
Four Elyria Co., L.L.C. v. Brexton Constr., L.L.C.
| 24CA012089 | summary judgment – breach of contract – unjust enrichment – fraud – slander of title – mechanic’s lien – ambiguous – construction manager – guaranteed maximum price – change order – site-specific tenant improvement work | Hensal | Lorain |
5/19/2025
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5/19/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1778 |
State v. Shepherd
| 2024CA0045-M | domestic violence – no contest – motion to withdraw plea – reasonable and legitimate basis – Crim.R. 32.1 | Hensal | Medina |
5/19/2025
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5/19/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1779 |
State v. Buckingham
| 2024CA0095-M | suppression – warrantless arrest – probable cause – seizure | Hensal | Medina |
5/12/2025
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5/12/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1688 |
State v. Kelly
| 2024CA0062-M | OVI – probable cause – reasonable suspicion – field sobriety testing – totality of the circumstances – speeding – traffic stop | Sutton | Medina |
5/12/2025
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5/12/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1689 |
In re L.F.
| 31253, 31269, 31270, 31271 | permanent custody, best interest, Mother’s lack of commitment to reunification, | Flagg Lanzinger | Summit |
5/7/2025
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5/7/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1643 |
State v. Acres
| 2024CA0072-M, 2024CA0073-M | motion to suppress, operating a vehicle impaired ("OVI"), blood alcohol content ("BAC") OVI, R.C. 4511.19(A)(1)(a), R.C. 4511.19(A)(1)(d), community caretaking | Stevenson | Medina |
5/5/2025
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5/5/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1592 |
Karmasu v. Summit Cty. Court of Common Pleas
| 31215 | Mandamus, dismissal, Civ.R. 12(B)(6), court not sui juris | Per Curiam | Summit |
4/30/2025
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4/30/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1526 |
State ex rel. McCormick v. McLaughlin
| 31440 | Mandamus, R.C. 2969.25(C) | Per Curiam | Summit |
4/30/2025
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4/30/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1527 |
Tayse v. Summit Cty. Court of Common Pleas
| 31436 | Prohibition, R.C. 2969.25(A), R.C. 2969.25(C) | Per Curiam | Summit |
4/30/2025
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4/30/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1528 |
State v. Van Pelt
| 30975, 30976 | breach of plea agreement, sentencing, failure to appear, | Stevenson | Summit |
4/30/2025
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4/30/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1529 |
Wainwright v. State Adult Parole Auth.
| 25CA012244 | Mandamus, R.C. 2969.25(A), R.C. 2969.25(C) | Per Curiam | Lorain |
4/28/2025
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4/28/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1495 |
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