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| Case Caption | Case No. | Topics and Issues | Author | Citation / County | Decided | Posted | WebCite |
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Magby v. Sloan
| 2020-A-0045 | CIVIL - summary judgment; due process; response to summary judgment; Civ.R. 6(C)(1); leave to file for summary judgment; Civ.R. 56(A) | Lynch | Ashtabula |
9/13/2021
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9/15/2021
| 2021-Ohio-3171 |
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State v. Hadlock
| 2020-A-0054 | CRIMINAL LAW - felonious assault; victim required stiches and surgery; victim required a plate in his head; victim was incapable of sleeping on right side due to pain; serious physical harm element met; knowingly element met; sufficient evidence produced; denial of challenge to jurors for cause; no prejudice; structural error; pandemic; doctor testified with mask on; no confrontation clause violation; failed to establish denial of right to a jury from fair cross-section of community. | Rice | Ashtabula |
9/13/2021
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9/15/2021
| 2021-Ohio-3176 |
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State v. Vanover
| 2020-G-0268 | CRIMINAL - Domestic Violence; R.C. 2919.25(A); Disorderly Conduct; R.C. 2917.11(A)(1); knowingly; R.C. 2901.22(B); weight of the evidence | Lynch | Geauga |
9/13/2021
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9/15/2021
| 2021-Ohio-3172 |
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State v. Woods
| 2021-L-044 | CRIMINAL - Senate Bill 201; The Reagan Tokes Act; ripeness; constiutional challenges; indefinite sentencing. | Eklund | Lake |
9/13/2021
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9/15/2021
| 2021-Ohio-3173 |
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In re R.F.
| 2021-L-048 | JUVENILE - permanent custody; termination of parental rights; weight of the evidence; R.C. 2151.414(B); best interest; legally secure placement; efforts at reunification; continuance | Lynch | Lake |
9/13/2021
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9/15/2021
| 2021-Ohio-3174 |
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State v. Thomas
| 2019-L-085 | CRIMINAL LAW - remand from Ohio Supreme Court; aggravated murder; challenge to sentence; R.C. 2953.08(D)(3) precludes consideration of sentence for aggravated murder under this section; State v. Patrick; statute does not preclude constitutional challenges to aggravated murder sentence; appellant challenged sentence as contrary to law under R.C. 2953.08(A)(4); R.C. 2953.08(D)(3) precludes such challenges. | Rice | Lake |
9/13/2021
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9/15/2021
| 2021-Ohio-3175 |
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State v. Lewis
| 2021-L-010 | CRIMINAL LAW - motion to suppress evidence; parking lot; previous day; drug arrest; similar vehicle; officer follows; no license plate displayed; stop; falsification; cocaine; COVID-19; relaxation of vehicle registration requirements; does not contemplate display of plate; no merit. | Rice | Lake |
9/13/2021
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9/15/2021
| 2021-Ohio-3179 |
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Sailors v. Pacheco
| 2021-L-011 | CIVIL LAW - default judgment; Civ.R. 55(A); abuse of discretion, damages, de novo; no evidence as to amount of damages, breach of contract; no evidence extra-contractual duty in torts; Civ.R. 8(D); damages not certain or more evidence to determine; allegations in pleadings; hearing required; failure to plead a claim is fatal in the context of Civ.R. 55 motion. | Trapp | Lake |
9/13/2021
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9/15/2021
| 2021-Ohio-3180 |
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State v. Studer
| 2020-P-0076 | CRIMINAL - violating a protection order; right to assistance of counsel; waiver of right to counsel; Crim.R. 44; petty offense; vacate sentence of confinement; manifest weight of the evidence; sufficiency of the evidence; reasonable interpretation of protection order; communication with child | Lynch | Portage |
9/13/2021
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9/15/2021
| 2021-Ohio-3177 |
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State ex rel. Ames v. Portage Cty. Bd. of Commrs.
| 2020-P-0088, 2020-P-0089 | CIVIL - Open Meetings Act; R.C. 121.22; summary judgment; mandatory duty to examine materials; presumption of regularity; prejudice; insufficient detail; findings of fact; conclusions of law; Civ.R. 52; technical violations; motion for relief from judgment. | Trapp | Portage |
9/13/2021
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9/15/2021
| 2021-Ohio-3178 |
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