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| Case Caption | Case No. | Topics and Issues | Author | Citation / County | Decided | Posted | WebCite |
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State v. Addicott
| 2024-T-0076 | CRIMINAL – Hearsay; Evid.R. 803(6); Authentication; Evid. R. 901(A); records did not qualify for admission under business records exception to hearsay rule; Confrontation Clause; failure to admit records as business records violated Confrontation rights. | Eklund | Trumbull |
5/19/2025
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5/19/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1785 |
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State v. Bishop
| 2024-A-0106 | CRIMINAL - plea; voluntary; incompetent; due process; burden of demonstrating incompetence; indicia of incompetence; mental health services; comprehension of proceedings; mental instability | S. Lynch | Ashtabula |
5/19/2025
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5/19/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1784 |
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Pirozzoli v. Thornton
| 2024-A-0077 | CIVIL - domestic violence civil protection order; former boyfriend; dating relationship; R.C. 3113.31(A)(1)(b); instances of emotional and physical abuse; primary basis for petition; respondent shot petitioner in her vehicle; two loaded firearms; reckless handling; respondent possessed over 20 guns; respondent is in military; no pattern of conduct necessary to establish foundation for petition; no error. | Lucci | Ashtabula |
5/19/2025
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5/19/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1782 |
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Conneaut v. Pushic
| 2024-A-0079, 2024-A-0080, 2024-A-0081 | CRIMINAL LAW – misdemeanor sentencing; R.C. 2929.21; R.C. 2929.22; community control sanctions; suspended jail sentence; R.C. 2929.24; R.C. 2929.25; abuse of discretion; no alcohol; no entry into bars; conditions of community control; failure to object; plain error; Crim.R. 52(B). | Patton | Ashtabula |
5/19/2025
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5/19/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1783 |
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State v. Hall
| 2024-P-0073 | CRIMINAL LAW - felonious assault; R.C. 2903.11(A)(2); deadly weapon; sufficient evidence; manifest weight of the evidence; R.C. 2901.22(B); knowingly; ineffective assistance of counsel; lesser included offense; motion to continue. | Lucci | Portage |
5/12/2025
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5/12/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1708 |
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Conneaut v. Riley
| 2024-A-0101 | CRIMINAL - city ordinance; telecommunications harassment; text messages; video recordings; sufficient evidence; manifest weight; purpose; abuse or harass. | M. Lynch | Ashtabula |
5/12/2025
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5/12/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1705 |
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Patrick v. Patrick
| 2024-T-0073 | CIVIL - divorce; separate and marital property; commingling of property; R.C. 3105.171(A); spousal support; R.C. 3105.18(B); maiden name; R.C. 3105.16 | S. Lynch | Trumbull |
5/12/2025
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5/12/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1709 |
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State v. Fulton
| 2024-P-0052 | CRIMINAL - motion to suppress; traffic stop; probable cause; traffic violation; pretext; no traffic citation issued; not determinative; knowledge of requesting officer to arresting officer. | M. Lynch | Portage |
5/12/2025
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5/12/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1707 |
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State v. Pollard
| 2024-L-085 | CRIMINAL - manifest weight of the evidence; sufficiency of the evidence; actual possession; constructive possession; awareness of firearm; defendant's behavior when confronted by police; proximity to firearm; admission of testimony; plain error; Evid.R. 702; legal conclusion; factual observation | S. Lynch | Lake |
5/12/2025
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5/12/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1706 |
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State ex rel. Tenney v. Ohio Dept. of Rehab. & Corr.
| 2024-T-0046 | ORIGINAL ACTION - Mandamus; public records request; failure to provide records; summary judgment; clear legal right; public records provided; failure to rebut evidence of response to public records request. | Per Curiam | Trumbull |
5/5/2025
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5/5/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1602 |
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State v. Dempsey
| 2024-A-0099 | CRIMINAL - guilty plea; ineffective assistance of counsel; involuntarily; knowingly; voluntarily; coercion; evidence; improper on direct appeal; postconviction relief. | M. Lynch | Ashtabula |
5/5/2025
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5/5/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1596 |
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State v. Sanders
| 2024-T-0083 & 2024-T-0084 | CRIMINAL - jurisdiction; venue; vicinity of criminal activity; sufficiency of the evidence; evidence of address where crime occurred; misdemeanor sentencing; abuse of discretion; presumption court considered sentencing factors; consecutive sentences; consistency in sentencing. | S. Lynch | Trumbull |
5/5/2025
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5/5/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1603 |
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Rucker v. Fankhauser
| 2025-P-0005 | ORIGINAL ACTION - mandamus; prohibition; failure to comply with R.C. 2731.04; failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted; Civ.R. 12(B)(6); petition dismissed. | M. Lynch | Portage |
5/5/2025
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5/5/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1606 |
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Carter-Jones Lumber Co. v. Colabianchi Constr., Inc.
| 2024-P-0077 | CIVIL - motion to compel arbitration; contract; arbitration clause; signature requirement; condition precedent; waived by performance; intent to be bound; equitable estoppel. | M. Lynch | Portage |
5/5/2025
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5/5/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1601 |
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State v. Montgomery
| 2024-A-0063 | CRIMINAL LAW - murder; aggravated robbery; presentence motion to withdraw guilty pleas; abuse of discretion; highly competent counsel; full and fair consideration. | Eklund | Ashtabula |
5/5/2025
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5/5/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1595 |
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State v. Beasley
| 2024-L-083 | POSTCONVICTION RELIEF - R.C. 2953.21; R.C. 2953.23; res judicata; involuntary confession; ineffective assistance of counsel; failure to file motion to suppress; failing to call expert witnesses. | Eklund | Lake |
5/5/2025
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5/5/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1599 |
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Saylers v. Salyers
| 2024-T-0093 | CIVIL – Divorce; cross-appeal; shared parenting plan; R.C. 3109.04(F); best interest factors; abuse of discretion; Civ.R. 37(C); timely disclosure of witnesses and evidence; R.C. 3119.07; residential parent; child support. | Eklund | Trumbull |
5/5/2025
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5/5/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1605 |
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Walker v. Walker
| 2024-G-0046 | APPELLATE REVIEW - trial court judgment can only be reviewed on appeal if it constitutes a final order pursuant to R.C. 2505.02 and Civ.R. 54(B); if multiple claims and parties remain pending there is no final order absent Civ.R. 54(B) language; interlocutory order; no mandatory language that there is no just reason for delay; lack of a final and appealable order. | Eklund | Geauga |
5/5/2025
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5/5/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1597 |
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Yehudah v. Gallagher
| 2024-L-087 | CIVIL - motion to dismiss; failure to state a claim; statute of limitations; due process; response to written motion; Civ.R. 6(C)(1); opportunity to respond; harmless error | S. Lynch | Lake |
5/5/2025
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5/5/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1600 |
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Geothermal Professionals, Ltd. v. Kozlowski
| 2024-G-0049 | CIVIL – Small claims court; magistrate’s decision; Civ.R. 60; clerical mistake; failure to timely appeal; App.R. 4(A); Civ.R. 60 filing cannot serve as a substitute for a timely appeal from the original judgment. | Eklund | Geauga |
5/5/2025
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5/5/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1598 |
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Kent v. Hughes
| 2024-P-0067 | MOTION TO SUPPRESS - probable cause to arrest; field sobriety tests; chemical testing; R.C. 4511.191(A)(2); test or tests. | M. Lynch | Portage |
4/28/2025
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4/28/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1499 |
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State v. Facemire
| 2024-P-0068 & 2024-P-0069 | CRIMINAL - presentence motion to withdraw plea; abuse of discretion; consequences of plea explained; personal misunderstanding of law did not invalidate plea; Crim.R. 11; knowing entry of plea; right not to testify; right to silence; post-release control; mandatory; incorrect advisement; limited hearing on post-release control | S. Lynch | Portage |
4/28/2025
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4/28/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1500 |
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State v. Harper
| 2024-T-0082 | CRIMINAL - Anders v. California; wholly frivolous appeal; sentencing; fourth- and fifth-degree felony sex offenses; maximum prison term; statutory range; judicial discretion. | M. Lynch | Trumbull |
4/28/2025
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4/28/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1502 |
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State v. Reed
| 2024-T-0079 | CRIMINAL LAW - victim's rights; early termination of community control; R.C. 2930; trial court erred by not affording victim an opportunity to be heard before granting defendant's early termination of community control. | Patton | Trumbull |
4/28/2025
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4/28/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1501 |
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Herman v. Norfolk S. Ry., Co.
| 2024-A-0042 | CIVIL LAW – motion for new trial; jury instructions; Federal Employers’ Liability Act ("FELA"); jurisdiction; appeal was timely filed; Loc.R. 3(A); fax filings; waiver; Civ.R. 51(A); plain error; de novo; abuse of discretion; jury instructions correctly set forth the standard under FELA. | Patton | Ashtabula |
4/25/2025
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4/28/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1498 |
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State v. Bell
| 2024-T-0090 | POSTCONVICTION RELIEF - R.C. 2953.21; untimely petition; newly discovered evidence; R.C. 2953.23; timeliness exceptions. | Lucci | Trumbull |
4/21/2025
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4/21/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1415 |
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State v. Norton
| 2024-L-080 | CRIMINAL LAW - felony sentencing; community control; conditions; refrain from use of drugs and alcohol; trial court's discretion; reasonable relationship between conditions and conviction; no abuse of discretion. | Lucci | Lake |
4/21/2025
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4/21/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1413 |
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Middleton v. Clarky's Closeouts
| 2024-T-0086 | CIVIL - negligence; fall; summary judgment; open and obvious; premises liability; business invitee; genuine issue of material fact. | Lucci | Trumbull |
4/21/2025
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4/21/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1414 |
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Holloway v. Mackey
| 2025-A-0006 | EXTRAORDINARY WRITS - Petition for writ of habeas corpus; motion to dismiss; Civ.R.12(B)(1); court divested of jurisdiction after petitioner’s custody transferred to institution outside court’s territorial bounds. | Eklund | Ashtabula |
3/31/2025
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3/31/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1118 |
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State v. Hiles
| 2024-T-0091 | CRIMINAL - knowing, intelligent, and voluntary plea; Crim.R. 11; maximum penalty; nonconstitutional right; prejudice; jointly recommended sentence; proportionality; danger to public, consecutive sentences; contrary to law; sentencing factors | S. Lynch | Trumbull |
3/31/2025
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3/31/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1119 |
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State ex rel. Weir v. Camplese
| 2024-A-0100 | EXTRAORDINARY WRIT - petition for procedendo; improper case caption; not entitled to a writ of procedendo; adequate remedy at law; no evidence of filing in lower court. | Per Curiam | Ashtabula |
3/24/2025
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3/24/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1017 |
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State v. Peoples
| 2024-A-0070 | CRIMINAL LAW - sentencing; R.C. 2953.08(G); failure to comply; R.C. 2921.331(C)(5)(b); additional sentencing factors; presentence investigation; sentence was not contrary to law. | Patton | Ashtabula |
3/24/2025
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3/24/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1016 |
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Gen. Auto Ins., Co., Inc. v. Lehman
| 2024-A-0066 | CIVIL LAW - declaratory judgment; summary judgment; Civ.R. 56; contracts; ambiguity; exclusion of the word 'expired' from contract’s exclusions did not create ambiguity and was not against public policy. | Patton | Ashtabula |
3/24/2025
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3/24/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1015 |
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State v. Nixon
| 2024-P-0050 | POSTCONVICTION RELIEF - due process violations; doctrine of res judicata; ineffective assistance of counsel; sufficient operative facts; evidentiary documents; findings of fact and conclusions of law; leave to amend petition; abuse of discretion. | M. Lynch | Portage |
3/24/2025
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3/24/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1019 |
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State v. Ellis
| 2024-L-061 | CRIMINAL - Possession of Drugs; R.C. 225.11; warrantless search; motion to suppress search; third-party consent; voluntariness of consent; automobile exception; odor of marijuana. | Eklund | Lake |
3/24/2025
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3/24/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1014 |
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State v. Snodgrass
| 2024-T-0087 | CRIMINAL - Violating a Protection Order; R.C. 2919.27; sufficiency of the evidence; manifest weight of the evidence; recklessness; R.C. 2901.22(C); ineffective assistance of counsel; trial strategy | S. Lynch | Trumbull |
3/24/2025
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3/24/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1020 |
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State v. Alston
| 2024-L-062 | CRIMINAL LAW - sentencing; failure to comply; R.C. 2921.331; prior conviction; mandatory lifetime driver's license suspension; Eighth Amendment; cruel and unusual punishment; constitutional; lifetime driver's license suspension is not disproportionate. | Patton | Lake |
3/24/2025
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3/24/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1018 |
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State v. Turner
| 2024-P-0044 | CRIMINAL LAW - aggravated possession of drugs; indictment issued over two and one-half years after stop and two years after results of testing were received; dash cam video evidence destroyed; no ability to review and challenge stop; motion to dismiss; preindictment delay; must demonstrate actual prejudice; appellant elucidated basis for prejudice; dismissal affirmed. | Lucci | Portage |
3/17/2025
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3/17/2025
| 2025-Ohio-892 |
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State ex rel. Sultaana v. Trumbull Corr. Inst.
| 2024-T-0074 | EXTRAORDINARY WRITS - complaint for writ of mandamus; public records request; R.C. 149.43; documents relating to an alleged assault in correctional facility; petitioner's son; statutory damages sought; video documentation; default judgment inappropriate; service; motions for summary judgment; evidence of compliance with requests; evidentiary quality materials; records custodian not required to create new records or documents; complaint denied; petitioner not entitled to statutory damages. | Per Curiam | Trumbull |
3/17/2025
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3/17/2025
| 2025-Ohio-893 |
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L. Bryan Carr Co., LPA v. LaForge
| 2024-G-0035 | FINAL APPEALABLE ORDER - foreclosure; R.C. 2505.02(B); Civ.R. 54; each party's rights and responsibilities; validity and priority of liens; nunc pro tunc; clerical errors; legal nullity. | M. Lynch | Geauga |
3/17/2025
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3/17/2025
| 2025-Ohio-889 |
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State v. Wilcox
| 2024-P-0022 | CRIMINAL LAW - felonious assault; fight with neighbors; notice of intent to assert affirmative defense of self-defense; speedy trial; statutory right; R.C. 2945.71; 270 days; triple count; tolling provisions; defendant did not respond to reciprocal discovery order or the state's motion; other tolling events; untimely notice; Crim.R. 12.2; R.C. 2945.72(E); no statutory violation; no constitutional speedy-trial violation. | Lucci | Portage |
3/17/2025
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3/17/2025
| 2025-Ohio-891 |
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State v. Johnson
| 2024-L-053 & 2024-L-054 | CRIMINAL LAW - Fourth Amendment; suppression of evidence; traffic stop; canine sniff; sufficient evidence; manifest weight of the evidence; improperly handling firearm in motor vehicle; having weapon while under disability; constructive possession; possession of cocaine; knowingly. | Lucci | Lake |
3/17/2025
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3/17/2025
| 2025-Ohio-890 |
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Ohio Valley Mall Co. v. Dreamz Come True, L.L.C.
| 2024-T-0071 | CIVIL - summary judgment; breach of contract; equitable estoppel; genuine issue of material fact; no-oral modification provision; waiver; subsequent conduct; detrimental reliance; reasonableness. | Eklund | Trumbull |
3/17/2025
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3/17/2025
| 2025-Ohio-888 |
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Groves-Campbell v. Waytes
| 2025-L-007 | APPELLATE REVIEW - App.R. 4(A); thirty-day rule; Civ.R. 58(B); untimely appeal. | M. Lynch | Lake |
3/10/2025
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3/10/2025
| 2025-Ohio-805 |
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State v. Mitchell
| 2024-P-0047 & 2024-P-0051 | CRIMINAL - Gross Sexual Imposition; Burglary; res judicata; law of the case; voidable; final order; speedy trial; indictment | S. Lynch | Portage |
3/10/2025
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3/10/2025
| 2025-Ohio-809 |
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Fisher v. United Ohio Ins. Co.
| 2024-T-0069 | CIVIL - summary judgment; commercial automobile insurance policy; underinsured motorist coverage; nonmotorized scooters; occupying a covered auto; ambiguity; rules of contract construction; auto medical payments coverage; pedestrian. | Eklund | Trumbull |
3/10/2025
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3/10/2025
| 2025-Ohio-812 |
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State v. Evans
| 2024-P-0059 | CRIMINAL LAW - attempted aggravated menacing; guilty plea; Crim.R. 11; petty offense; knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily entered; no ineffective assistance of counsel; misdemeanor sentence; R.C. 2929.21(A); relevant statutory factors; lenient sentence; no error. | Lucci | Portage |
3/10/2025
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3/10/2025
| 2025-Ohio-801 |
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In re J.H.
| 2024-A-0087, 2024-A-0088, 2024-A-0089, 2024-A-0090, 2024-A-0091 | JUVENILE - termination of parental rights; permanent custody; Indian Child Welfare Act; 25 U.S.C. 1911(b); child-custody proceeding; 25 C.F.R. 23.2; best interests of the child; R.C. 2151.414; relative placement | M. Lynch | Ashtabula |
3/10/2025
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3/10/2025
| 2025-Ohio-811 |
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State v. Gaetan
| 2024-T-0022 | CRIMINAL LAW - prosecutorial misconduct; opening statements; closing arguments; cross-examination of the defendant; guilt; R.C. 2907.02(D); rape-shield law; R.C. 2945.59; Evid.R. 404(B); Evid.R. 608(B); defendant's prior sexual history; witness credibility; golden rule; comments did not compromise appellant's right to a fair trial; admission of evidence; abuse of discretion; other acts; testimony elicited by party; invited error; Evid.R. 807; child victim testimony; out of court statements; victim testified at trial; Evid.R. 803(4); expert testimony; Crim.R. 16(K); scope of testimony; duplicative testimony; ineffective assistance of counsel; sufficiency of evidence; rape; sexual conduct; cunnilingus. | Patton | Trumbull |
3/10/2025
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3/10/2025
| 2025-Ohio-808 |
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Kozlowski v. Geothermal Professionals Ltd.
| 2024-G-0038 | CIVIL – motion to dismiss; Civ.R. 12(C); compulsory counterclaim; logical relation test; Civ.R. 13(A); small claims court; contract and tort claims | S. Lynch | Geauga |
3/10/2025
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3/10/2025
| 2025-Ohio-810 |
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