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| Case Caption | Case No. | Topics and Issues | Author | Citation / County | Decided | Posted | WebCite |
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State v. Gavarkavich
| 25 BE 0043 | Crim.R. 11(E); court required to inform a defendant of the effect of a guilty plea prior to accepting the plea; state confesses error; reversed and remanded. | Waite | Belmont |
3/25/2026
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3/26/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1031 |
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State v. Yost
| 24 CO 0016 | failure to establish good cause for filing application for reopening a year after appellate decision affirming his conviction; application to reopen denied. | Per Curiam | Columbiana |
3/25/2026
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3/26/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1030 |
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Youngstown v. Carrier Servs. Group, Inc.
| 25 MA 0071 | summary judgment; final, appealable order; political subdivision immunity; R.C. Chapter 2744; federal qualified immunity | Hanni | Mahoning |
3/25/2026
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3/26/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1032 |
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State v. Posey
| 25 MA 0087 | guilty plea; vehicular assault; failure to stop after an accident; R.C. 2929.19; court permitted to consider reports from Community Corrections Association of Appellant’s violation of electronically monitored house arrest | Hanni | Mahoning |
3/25/2026
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3/26/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1033 |
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Morgan v. Keenan
| 25 MA 0091 | CIVIL – docket; trial continuances; abuse of discretion; damages; speculative; ascertainable; repair estimates; hearsay; lay witness testimony; no objection; Civ.R. 53(E)(3)(b); plain error. | Dickey | Mahoning |
3/25/2026
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3/26/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1034 |
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Whitney v. Baker
| 25 MO 0006 | Marketable Title Act; Blackstone v. Moore, 2018-Ohio-4959; Erickson v. Morrison, 2021-Ohio-746; minor deviations found between the original reservation and the reference within the root of title deed do not make a reference general where the language is nearly verbatim and the essential terms are the same; remand to enter judgment where party admits the process of reasonable due diligence not met in Dormant Mineral Act analysis; remand to determine the amount of royalties owed and who must pay those. | Waite | Monroe |
3/25/2026
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3/26/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1035 |
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State v. Hallowell
| 25 NO 0530 | Motion to suppress; illegible license plate, R.C. 4503.21; improperly illuminated license plate, R.C. 4513.05; initiating vehicle stop; reasonable articulable suspicion; no contest plea; failure to inform defendant of effects of no contest plea; failure of defendant to express no contest plea on the record; Crim.R. 11; de novo review; ineffective assistance of counsel; trial strategy | Hanni | Noble |
3/25/2026
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3/26/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1036 |
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Midland Credit Mgt. Inc. v. Bowers
| 24 MO 0018 | CIVIL - R.C. 2711.02(B); R.C. 2711.03; arbitration; stay; compel; satisfied; trier of fact; Civil Rule 56(E); affidavits. | Per Curiam | Monroe |
3/24/2026
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3/25/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1017 |
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L.F. v. Simpson
| 25 MA 0089 | CIVIL – civil stalking protection order; electronic mails; disclosure of medical diagnosis, ownership of weapons; credibility; failure to sua sponte permit supplemental briefing. | Dickey | Mahoning |
3/24/2026
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3/25/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1019 |
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Chestnut Ridge 156, L.L.C. v. Miller
| 25 JE 0012 | Marketable Title Act; multiple possible roots of title may exist within a chain of title; a trial court must review every possible root of title deed up to the severance deed before determining whether an interest has been preserved; Senterra Ltd. v. Winland, 2019-Ohio-4387 (7th Dist.). | Waite | Jefferson |
3/24/2026
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3/25/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1018 |
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Facemyer v. Facemyer
| 25 MA 0081 | DOMESTIC RELATIONS – VISITATION – termination of visitation rights; abuse of discretion standard of review; the trial court found clear and convincing evidence of extraordinary circumstances that would justify terminating Appellant’s visitation rights, namely that visitation with Appellant would cause harm to the minor child; the court reviewed the factors in R.C. 3109.051(D) and concluded it was in the minor child’s best interest to terminate Appellant’s visitation; judgment affirmed. | Dickey | Mahoning |
3/19/2026
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3/19/2026
| 2026-Ohio-910 |
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H.A. v. J.A.
| 25 MA 0057 | Domestic violence civil protection order ("DVCPO"); R.C. 3113.31; challenge to weight of the evidence as to whether victim was afraid of the defendant, and to trial court’s decision to sustain objections to magistrate’s decision and to grant the DVCPO; victim testified that she was afraid, and evidence showed that defendant has a history of suicidal thoughts, was distraught, took a gun and bullets outside his house, hid the gun behind his back, told victim to take the gun away from him, and said he was going to do something stupid; trial court properly reviewed objections under Civ.R. 65.1; judgment affirmed. | Waite | Mahoning |
3/13/2026
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3/13/2026
| 2026-Ohio-847 |
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State v. Fields
| 25 BE 0038, 25 BE 0042 | Motion to suppress; Fourth Amendment; protective sweep; reasonable, articulable suspicion; jointly recommended sentence | Hanni | Belmont |
3/13/2026
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3/16/2026
| 2026-Ohio-867 |
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State v. Simmons
| 25 CO 0015 | reconsideration denied. | Per Curiam | Columbiana |
3/12/2026
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3/13/2026
| 2026-Ohio-849 |
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Bell v. Ohio Living Communities
| 25 MA 0066 | summary judgment affirmed; appellant claimed the trial court failed to consider important filings and erred in striking untimely expert report; initial summary judgment burden established by defense in action on medical claim where plaintiff failed to disclose expert report prior to deadlines and reciprocal burden could not be met. | Robb | Mahoning |
3/12/2026
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3/13/2026
| 2026-Ohio-848 |
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In re J.C.
| 25 JE 0018 | JUVENILE – guilty of sexual imposition; adjudicated a delinquent child; sentenced to probation; contested hearing; sufficient evidence; the trier of fact could reasonably conclude beyond a reasonable doubt that the elements of sexual imposition were proven; manifest weight; the trier of fact did not clearly lose its way in finding Appellant guilty; judgment affirmed. | Dickey | Jefferson |
3/11/2026
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3/11/2026
| 2026-Ohio-818 |
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State v. Padgelek
| 25 BE 0046 | CRIMINAL – misdemeanor sentences; guilty plea; R.C. 2937.07; explanation of the circumstances of the offense; statutory violation; harmless error; abuse of discretion; consecutive sentences. | Dickey | Belmont |
3/11/2026
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3/11/2026
| 2026-Ohio-817 |
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State ex rel. Katsigianis v. Dellick
| 26 MA 0006 | original action; writ of procedendo; Civ.R. 12(B)(6) motion to dismiss; juvenile court; reallocation of parental rights and responsibilities; R.C. 3109.04; whether juvenile court refused to enter judgment or unnecessarily delayed proceeding to judgment; interim orders entered during pendency of reallocation motion do not constitute refusal to act; R.C. 3109.043 authorizing temporary orders while action is pending; trial court's inherent docket-management authority; relator's repeated failures to appear at properly noticed hearings contributing to delay; party who contributes to delays in trial court cannot invoke those delays as grounds for procedendo | Per Curiam | Mahoning |
3/9/2026
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3/9/2026
| 2026-Ohio-913 |
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Price v. Price
| 25 NO 0527 | pro se appeal; transcript of proceedings App.R. 9(B); accept the trial court's factual determinations as true; validity of land installment contract; substantial compliance with R.C. 5313.02; equitable interest; advisory opinion; waiver doctrine. | Robb | Noble |
3/5/2026
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3/5/2026
| 2026-Ohio-747 |
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State v. Ferrelli
| 25 BE 0049 | trial court lacks statutory authority to impose a minor misdemeanor sentence that included probation (with no contact provisions); sentence contrary to law; a sentencing option on a minor misdemeanor includes suspending a portion of the fine on the condition of community service; remand for further proceedings, including but not limited to resentencing | Robb | Belmont |
3/5/2026
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3/5/2026
| 2026-Ohio-750 |
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Salem v. Columbiana Cty. Bd. of Cmmrs.
| 25 CO 0017 | Annexation; R.C. 709.033(A); where a road is owned by a municipality rather than a property owner, that road does not automatically follow the property into annexation unless that municipality agrees to the annexation of its property; the contiguous requirement is not met; annexation will create an island where significant confusion will result, a road maintenance issue created where ownership of a single road is fragmented in a manner that would cause confusion as to emergency service response and road maintenance. | Waite | Columbiana |
2/19/2026
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2/20/2026
| 2026-Ohio-579 |
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Culgan v. Hanlin
| 25 JE 0022 | public records request; claim asserting the prosecutor destroyed public records; summary judgment; new argument raised in reply to summary judgment; no opportunity to respond; Civ.R. 6(C)(1) | Hanni | Jefferson |
2/18/2026
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2/19/2026
| 2026-Ohio-549 |
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State v. Anderson
| 25 MO 0005 | CERTIFICATION – App.R. 25(A); pro se motion to certify a conflict untimely filed; no specified issue proposed for certification; motion denied. | Per Curiam | Monroe |
2/18/2026
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2/19/2026
| 2026-Ohio-550 |
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State v. Anderson
| 25 MO 0005 | RECONSIDERATION – App.R. 26(A); pro se application for reconsideration untimely filed; no “extraordinary circumstances” established; Appellant has not demonstrated any obvious errors or raised any issues that were not adequately addressed in our previous opinion; this court is not persuaded that we erred as a matter of law; application denied. | Per Curiam | Monroe |
2/18/2026
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2/19/2026
| 2026-Ohio-551 |
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State v. Amos
| 25 BE 0045 | POSTCONVICTION RELIEF – pro se Appellant; “Motion for Trial Counsel to be Deemed Ineffective”; “Motion to Vacate Sentence and Release Defendant”; fourth and fifth petitions for postconviction relief; denied without a hearing; untimely filed; no exception entitling him to relief was demonstrated; no substantive, supporting grounds. RES JUDICATA – judgment affirmed. | Dickey | Belmont |
2/17/2026
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2/18/2026
| 2026-Ohio-539 |
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Sutherly v. Theaker
| 25 BE 0003 | application for reconsideration; no obvious error; en banc consideration; intradistrict conflict; dispositive issue. | Per Curiam | Belmont |
2/11/2026
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2/11/2026
| 2026-Ohio-444 |
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State v. Brown
| 25 JE 0011 | Mandatory fine; felony conviction; waive; appointed counsel; ownership of real property; indigent; appointment of trial counsel. | Robb | Jefferson |
2/11/2026
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2/11/2026
| 2026-Ohio-443 |
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Talib v. Perkins Restaurant
| 25 MA 0079 | de novo review; res judicata; issue preclusion; Civ.R. 12(B)(6) motion to dismiss; affidavit of disqualification; consumers sales practices act. | Robb | Mahoning |
2/11/2026
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2/11/2026
| 2026-Ohio-445 |
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Wintersville v. Bates
| 25 JE 0009 | notice to abate nuisance of deteriorating retaining wall; board of nuisance appeals; R.C. 2506.04; administrative appeal; public nuisance; no abuse of discretion by trial court | Hanni | Jefferson |
2/10/2026
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2/10/2026
| 2026-Ohio-417 |
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State v. Shipp
| 25 BE 0037 | guilty plea to aggravated trafficking in drugs; plea entered knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently; Crim.R. 11(C)(2); no ineffective assistance of counsel | Hanni | Belmont |
2/10/2026
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2/10/2026
| 2026-Ohio-416 |
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State v. Smith
| 24 BE 0058 | REOPENING – App.R. 26(B); timely pro se application to reopen direct appeal; Appellant fails to meet the standard under Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984); assignments of error; jury waiver; sufficiency; weight of the evidence; Appellant fails to establish that he was denied the effective assistance of appellate counsel warranting a reopening; application denied. | Per Curiam | Belmont |
2/6/2026
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2/9/2026
| 2026-Ohio-387 |
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State v. Mundt
| 25 NO 0525 | CRIMINAL – R.C. 2929.025; serious mental illness; clinical diagnosis; forensic diagnosis; Bipolar Disorder; Schizoaffective Disorder; abuse of discretion; conflicting reasonable interpretations; admissibility of expert opinion; uncontroverted expert testimony; successive petition. | Dickey | Noble |
2/5/2026
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2/6/2026
| 2026-Ohio-382 |
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State v. Smith
| 25 BE 0030 | CRIMINAL LAW – trafficking in cocaine; possession of cocaine; aggravated trafficking in drugs (methamphetamine); aggravated possession of drugs (methamphetamine); jury trial; consecutive prison sentence; speedy trial; motion to suppress; manifest weight; live video witness testimony; judgment affirmed. | Dickey | Belmont |
2/4/2026
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2/5/2026
| 2026-Ohio-359 |
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State v. Simmons
| 25 CO 0015 | promoting prostitution conviction affirmed; appellant alleged ineffective assistance of counsel by failing to subpoena other prostitute whose services she offered to undercover officer; sufficient evidence on elements related to the operation of an enterprise; jury verdict was not contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence. | Robb | Columbiana |
2/4/2026
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2/5/2026
| 2026-Ohio-360 |
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State v. George
| 25 CO 0018 | R.C. 2907.231(B), engaging in prostitution; void for vagueness; overbreadth; due process rights; motion to dismiss; de novo; fundamental right; narrowly tailored statute; presumption of constitutionality; rational basis | Hanni | Columbiana |
2/3/2026
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2/3/2026
| 2026-Ohio-324 |
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State v. Clavin
| 25 CO 0019 | R.C. 2907.231(B), engaging in prostitution; void for vagueness; overbreadth; due process rights; motion to dismiss; de novo; fundamental right; narrowly tailored statute; presumption of constitutionality; rational basis | Hanni | Columbiana |
2/3/2026
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2/3/2026
| 2026-Ohio-325 |
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Discover Bank v. Dirienzo
| 25 CO 0016 | credit card company’s summary judgment motion met initial burden on existence of the account, an amount representing an “account stated” followed by a year’s worth of account statements showing purchases and payments, and a cardmember agreement attached to the account that explained the account holders accepted the agreement if they failed to cancel the account within 30 days of receiving the card or if they (or an authorized user) used the account; nonmovant submitted no evidence in response and failed to meet reciprocal burden. | Robb | Columbiana |
2/3/2026
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2/5/2026
| 2026-Ohio-361 |
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U.S. Bank v. Petrarca
| 25 MA 0065 | Foreclosure; summary judgment; bank proved standing as holder of note indorsed in blank and by assignment of the mortgage; wife who did not sign promissory note has no separate right to file loan mitigation application or obtain separate judgment in foreclosure; affidavit relied on by bank to support summary judgment not properly filed; genuine issues of material fact. | Waite | Mahoning |
1/30/2026
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1/30/2026
| 2026-Ohio-293 |
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State v. Mort
| 25 MA 0078 | Fourth Amendment; search of a third-party’s purse within an automobile; the “automobile exception” to the Fourth Amendment does not permit search of passenger’s purse where there is no evidence of a crime; consent given to search vehicle does not apply to passenger’s purse where driver did not have mutual use and joint control; searches and statements made after an improper search excluded under the doctrine of the fruit of the poisonous tree. | Waite | Mahoning |
1/28/2026
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1/28/2026
| 2026-Ohio-249 |
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State v. Haney
| 25 BE 0033 | CRIMINAL LAW – community control violation; conditions; second stage proceedings; the trial court abused its discretion regarding the second condition, i.e., that Appellant may not utilize social media in any capacity; judgment is reversed in part and the matter is remanded for the trial court to vacate that improper community control condition. | Dickey | Belmont |
1/26/2026
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1/27/2026
| 2026-Ohio-227 |
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Cavanaugh Ents. v. Steubenville Planning & Community Dev. Office
| 25 JE 0010 | CIVIL – administrative appeal; zoning; ordinance; conditional use; question of law; statutory interpretation; apartment building; apartment; garden apartment. | Dickey | Jefferson |
1/26/2026
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1/27/2026
| 2026-Ohio-228 |
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State v. Liason
| 25 MA 0083 | state’s appeal has merit; trial court imposed six months in prison where minimum prison term for third-degree felony is nine months; sentence is clearly and convincingly contrary to law; sentencing judgment is modified to nine months in prison. | Robb | Mahoning |
1/23/2026
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1/28/2026
| 2026-Ohio-243 |
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State v. Bishop
| 25 JE 0005 | Untimely filed application for reconsideration; App.R. 26(A); appellant merely disagrees with our opinion and does not raise any obvious errors or point to matters that were either not considered or not fully considered; application dismissed. | Per Curiam | Jefferson |
1/22/2026
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1/23/2026
| 2026-Ohio-201 |
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State v. Craig
| 25 CO 0021 | Conviction for arson; copies of video and audio files taken from a digital video recorder ("DVR") machine in the apartment building where the fire occurred satisfy the best evidence rule, Evid.R. 1002; fire marshal who testified as an expert concluded that the fire was an incendiary fire that was intentionally set; credibility of the expert witness was a matter for the jury to decide; no plain error allowing the testimony of the expert witness, and the remaining record fully supports the conviction; judgment affirmed. | Waite | Columbiana |
1/22/2026
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1/23/2026
| 2026-Ohio-200 |
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Savage v. Donofrio
| 25 MA 0102 | original action; procedendo; alleged trial court delay in ruling upon self-represented prison inmate’s post-sentence motion; action rendered moot when Respondent ruled upon Relator’s pending application following Relator’s seeking a writ of procedendo | Per Curiam | Mahoning |
1/21/2026
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1/22/2026
| 2026-Ohio-180 |
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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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