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State v. Welker

2025-A-0070, 2025-A-0071, 2025-A-0072, 2025-A-0073

POSTCONVICTION RELIEF - R.C. 2953.32; motion to seal record of conviction; R.C. 2953.33; motion to seal record of dismissal; abuse of discretion; demonstration of discretion.

Patton

Ashtabula

8/24/2026

2026-Ohio-3293

State v. Tackett

2026-A-0003

CRIMINAL - Guilty plea; Crim.R. 11(B); effect of guilty plea; nonconstitutional requirement; complete failure; allied offenses of similar import; R.C. 2941.25; plain error; rape; separate animus.

Eklund

Ashtabula

8/24/2026

2026-Ohio-3298

State ex rel. Ames v. W. Geauga Local School Dist. Bd.of Edn.

2025-G-0049

CIVIL - mandamus; appellate procedure; res judicata; Protection of Public Expression Act; R.C. 2747.01(C)(1); action; R.C. 2307.01; counterclaim; Civ.R. 2, 3(A), and 13(A); board of education; governmental entity

S. Lynch

Geauga

8/24/2026

2026-Ohio-3294

Slabe v. Slabe

2025-L-147

CONTEMPT - divorce decree; failure to pay spousal support; indirect criminal contempt; unconditional fine is punitive in nature; proof of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt; clear and convincing evidence; harmless error; sufficient circumstantial evidence of intent; inability to pay; voluntarily unemployed; credibility; due process; right against self-incrimination; criminal contempt survives reversal of underlying order; attorney fees.

M. Lynch

Lake

8/24/2026

2026-Ohio-3295

State ex rel. Tilton v. Cornachio

2026-L-0053

EXTRAORDINARY WRITS - mandamus; motion to dismiss; Civ.R. 12(B); public records request; moot; no clear legal right.

Per Curiam

Lake

8/24/2026

2026-Ohio-3299

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