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State v. Turner
| 2025-A-0052 | CRIMINAL LAW - sentencing; R.C. 2953.08(G)(2); breaking and entering; aggravated possession of drugs; methamphetamine; jointly recommended sentence; R.C. 2953.08(D)(1); community control sanctions; conditions of community control; R.C. 2929.16(A); Northeast Ohio Community Alternative Program ("NEOCAP"); community-based correctional facility; trial court did not abuse its discretion. | Patton | Ashtabula |
4/27/2026
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4/27/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1504 |
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State ex rel. H&S Invest. Properties, L.L.C. v. Yamamoto
| 2025-A-0066 | EXTRAORDINARY WRITS - mandamus; motion to dismiss; county auditor; update tax lists; correct legal name; no clear legal right; affidavit of fact relating to title; R.C. 5301.252; no clear legal duty; R.C. 319.28; motion for summary judgment; moot. | Per Curiam | Ashtabula |
4/27/2026
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4/27/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1505 |
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State v. Woofter
| 2025-G-0025 | APPELLATE REVIEW – appellate jurisdiction; Ohio Const., art. IV, § 3(B)(2); final order; R.C. 2505.02; affect a substantial right; order specifically anticipates further action. | Lucci | Geauga |
4/27/2026
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4/27/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1506 |
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Wunderle v. Goodwin
| 2025-G-0033 | CIVIL - Summary judgment; Civ.R. 56; premises liability; open and obvious doctrine; business invitee; attendant circumstances. | Eklund | Geauga |
4/27/2026
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4/27/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1507 |
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State v. Diaz
| 2025-L-110 | COURT COSTS - R.C. 2973.23(B); hearing; court costs; community service; failure to pay; abuse of discretion; affirm. | M. Lynch | Lake |
4/27/2026
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4/27/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1508 |
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Tilton v. State
| 2025-L-112 | CIVIL - petition for postconviction relief; denied; Civ.R. 12(B)(3); Civ.R. 12(B)(6); misdemeanor operating a vehicle impaired ("OVI"); must file in the court that imposed sentence; filed in court of common pleas; municipal courts are of limited jurisdiction; creatures of statute; municipal courts cannot entertain petitions for postconviction relief; Civ.R. 60(B); proper vehicle; trial court lacked jurisdiction. | Lucci | Lake |
4/27/2026
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4/27/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1509 |
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State ex rel. Howard v. Condon
| 2026-L-0008 | EXTRAORDINARY WRITS - mandamus; R.C. 2951.07; R.C. 2963.30; Interstate Agreement on Detainers; community control violation complaint; failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted; Civ.R. 12(B)(6); petition dismissed. | Per Curiam | Lake |
4/27/2026
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4/27/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1516 |
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State v. Kendrick
| 2025-P-0019, 2025-P-0020, 2025-P-0021 | CRIMINAL LAW - felony sentencing; aggravated possession of drugs; felony of the fifth degree; three separate charges; community control; two violations; revocation; notice of possible prison terms; consecutive prison terms; plea of guilty; claim of failure to specify prison terms; no transcript of proceedings filed; presumption of regularity; suspended prison terms; notice provided; claimed error on consecutive sentences; notice given of possibility of consecutive service; clerical error in sentence; modify sentence. | Lucci | Portage |
4/27/2026
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4/27/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1510 |
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State v. Mehring
| 2025-P-0045 | POST CONVICTION RELIEF - R.C. 2953.21; abuse of discretion; jurisdiction; successive petition; R.C. 2953.23(A); guilty plea; res judicata; jurisdiction. | Patton | Portage |
4/27/2026
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4/27/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1511 |
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State v. Ingram
| 2025-P-0060 | CRIMINAL LAW - motion to suppress; operating a vehicle under the influence; officer lacked reasonable articulable suspicion to conduct field sobriety tests; totality of the circumstances; odor of alcohol from vehicle with three passengers; admission of consuming one beer earlier in the evening; equipment violation. | Patton | Portage |
4/27/2026
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4/27/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1512 |
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Milton v. Nelson
| 2025-T-0054 | CIVIL - breach of contract; animal cruelty; civil liability for damages resulting from a criminal act; R.C. 2307.60(A)(1); R.C. 959.13(A)(1); horse boarding and training; small claims division; invited error. | Lucci | Trumbull |
4/27/2026
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4/27/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1513 |
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Owen v. Northbrook Condominium Assn.
| 2025-T-0068 | CIVIL - breach of contract; summary judgment; specific performance; waiver; clear, unequivocal, decisive act; abuse of discretion. | Lucci | Trumbull |
4/27/2026
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4/27/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1514 |
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Hornbeck Home Renovations, Inc. v. Crain
| 2025-T-0091 | APPELLATE REVIEW - adoption of magistrate’s decision; failure to enter judgment stating relief to be afforded; no final appealable order. | Eklund | Trumbull |
4/27/2026
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4/27/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1515 |
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State v. Jones
| 2026-A-0016 | APPELLATE REVIEW - R.C. 2505.02(B); appeal from motion to dismiss death penalty specifications is not a final appealable order; interlocutory appeal; lack of jurisdiction. | Patton | Ashtabula |
4/22/2026
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4/22/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1447 |
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State v. Jones
| 2026-A-0019 | APPELLATE REVIEW - R.C. 2505.02(B); appeal from motion to disclose exculpatory evidence is not a final appealable order; interlocutory appeal; lack of jurisdiction. | Patton | Ashtabula |
4/22/2026
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4/22/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1448 |
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State v. Lucero
| 2025-T-0048 | CRIMINAL LAW - R.C. 2953.08(G); felony sentencing; purposes and principles of felony sentencing; R.C. 2929.11; seriousness and recidivism factors; R.C. 2929.12; sentence was not contrary to law. | Patton | Trumbull |
4/20/2026
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4/20/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1414 |
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State v. Davis
| 2025-T-0076 | CRIMINAL LAW - surety bond; bond forfeiture; failure to appear; surety prohibited from posting bonds; R.C. 2937.35; R.C. 2937.36(C); trial court failed to follow statutory procedures; notice and opportunity to be heard. | M. Lynch | Trumbull |
4/20/2026
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4/20/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1415 |
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Molai v. Standing Rock Cemetery Bd. of Trustees
| 2025-P-0044 | CIVIL - jury instructions; constitutionality; waiver; political subdivision immunity; punitive damages; R.C. 2744.05(A) | S. Lynch | Portage |
4/13/2026
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4/13/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1329 |
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State v. DiTomaso
| 2025-P-0048 | CRIMINAL - final, appealable order; jurisdiction; terminate all charges; hanging charges | S. Lynch | Portage |
4/13/2026
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4/13/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1330 |
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Trumbull Cty. Children Servs. Bd. v. Engler
| 2025-T-0075 | EXTRAORDINARY WRITS - Petition for writ of mandamus; Petition for writ of prohibition; trial court’s compliance with appellate mandate; legal custody; R.C. 2151.011; R.C. 2151.42; change in circumstances; best interest of the child; matter is moot after relator receives the relief requested. | Per Curiam | Trumbull |
4/13/2026
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4/13/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1331 |
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State v. Glover
| 2025-T-0086 | CRIMINAL LAW - State appeal; R.C. 2945.67(A); denial; State moved to dismiss; insufficient evidence; aggravated menacing; element of crime; victim; no evidence defendant knowingly caused victim to believe defendant would cause her serious physical harm; Crim.R. 48; nolle prosequi; prosecutor; deference; good cause; separation of powers; judge has limited role; trial court improperly suggested that prosecutor amend charge; co-equal branches; executive decision; error. | Lucci | Trumbull |
4/13/2026
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4/13/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1332 |
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Donovan v. Kirtland Country Club
| 2025-L-049 | CIVIL - nuisance; qualified nuisance; negligence; summary judgment; shooting range; statutory immunity; R.C. 1533.85; chief's noise rules; Adm.Code 1501:31-29-03; acceptable sound level; noise standard; vagueness; no issue of material fact; duty to exercise reasonable care | S. Lynch | Lake |
4/13/2026
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4/13/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1327 |
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State v. Hefner
| 2025-L-056, 2025-L-057 | CRIMINAL LAW - Complicity to Aggravated Burglary; Complicity to Kidnapping; Burglary; Having Weapons While Under Disability; sufficiency of the evidence; aiding or abetting; trespass; infliction of physical harm; mental state; manifest weight of the evidence; burden to affirmatively establish error; ineffective assistance of counsel; joinder; Crim.R. 8, 13, and 14; plain error; simple and direct evidence. | Eklund | Lake |
4/13/2026
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4/13/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1328 |
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Arnoff v. Patterson
| 2025-L-083 | CIVIL LAW – Civ.R. 56; motion for summary judgment; no genuine issue of material fact; de novo; legal malpractice; ineffective assistance of counsel; joinder; Civ.R. 19; Civ.R. 20; abuse of discretion; Civ.R. 33; request for interrogatories; failure to seek order to compel discovery; motion for trial by jury; plaintiff not denied due process when judgment was properly entered against him in accordance with Civ.R. 56; judicial bias; R.C. 2701.03; due process; no evidence of judicial bias. | Patton | Lake |
4/6/2026
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4/6/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1227 |
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State v. Campbell
| 2025-L-126 | APPELLATE REVIEW - burden to affirmatively demonstrate error on appeal; postconviction relief; untimely; R.C. 2953.21; R.C. 2953.23(A). | M. Lynch | Lake |
4/6/2026
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4/6/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1228 |
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Swiecicki v. Swiecicki
| 2026-P-0012 | APPELLATE REVIEW - R.C. 2505.02(B); appeal from magistrate's decision is not final and appealable; Civ.R. 53(D)(2)(a)(i); separate and distinct entry needed; magistrate’s decision alone is insufficient; interlocutory appeal; only judges not magistrates may terminate actions through a judgment; lack of jurisdiction. | Patton | Portage |
4/6/2026
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4/6/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1229 |
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Arotin v. Arotin
| 2025-G-0032 | CIVIL - Civ.R. 56(C); summary judgment; complaint in foreclosure; oral contract; quitclaim deed; standing; parol evidence rule; merger-by-deed doctrine; consideration clause; statute of frauds; part performance; R.C. 1335.05. | M. Lynch | Geauga |
4/6/2026
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4/6/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1226 |
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State v. Bailey
| 2025-L-021 | CRIMINAL - evidence; non-hearsay statements; sufficiency of the evidence; domestic violence; kidnapping; restraint of liberty; strangulation; weight of the evidence; witness credibility | S. Lynch | Lake |
3/30/2026
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3/30/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1112 |
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State v. Oatman
| 2025-L-063 | CRIMINAL LAW - speedy trial; statutory and constitutional rights; mixed question of law and fact; speedy trial waiver; failed to raise in trial court; waived on appeal; tolling events; no prejudice; authentication of video evidence; abuse of discretion; Evid.R. 901(A); admissibility; "silent witness" theory; misdemeanor sentencing; within statutory limits; contrary to law; community control condition; firearms restriction; inherent to being supervised; reasonably related; interests of justice; affirmed. | M. Lynch | Lake |
3/30/2026
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3/30/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1113 |
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Musson v. Newton Falls
| 2025-T-0018 | CIVIL – employee sovereign immunity; R.C. 2744.03(A)(6)(a); R.C. 2744.03(A)(6)(a); with malicious purpose, in bad faith, or in a wanton or reckless manner; intentional tort; intentional infliction of emotional distress. | Dickey | Trumbull |
3/30/2026
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3/30/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1114 |
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Musson v. Newton Falls
| 2025-T-0019 | intentional inflictions of emotional distress; negligent hiring, training, supervision, and retention; alleged political subdivision immunity; summary judgment; R.C. 2744.09(B); genuine issues of material fact | Hanni | Trumbull |
3/30/2026
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3/30/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1115 |
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Seal Team 6 Asphalt Ceiling Co., L.L.C. v. Ford
| 2025-T-0056 | CIVIL - Forcible Entry and Detainer; R.C. Ch. 4781; R.C. Ch. 1923; Manufactured home park operator; R.C. 4781.37; R.C. 4781.45; R.C. 4781.39; owner of manufactured home park was without statutory authority to prevail in forcible entry and detainer where the owner failed to allege tenant had committed any violation of the tenancy. | Eklund | Trumbull |
3/30/2026
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3/30/2026
| 2026-Ohio-1116 |
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Girard v. Adovasio
| 2025-T-0038 | CRIMINAL - property violations; sufficiency of the evidence; registration statement on vacant land; notice or knowledge to register; property maintenance; affirmed in part, reversed in part and vacated. | Lynch | Trumbull |
3/23/2026
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3/23/2026
| 2026-Ohio-974 |
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State v. Tyes
| 2025-P-0029 | CRIMINAL - felony sentencing; standard of review; contrary to law; due process; meaningful review; consecutive sentences; R.C. 2929.11 and .12; R.C. 2929.14(C)(4) findings; criminal history | S. Lynch | Portage |
3/23/2026
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3/23/2026
| 2026-Ohio-973 |
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State v. Coleman
| 2024-A-0040 | CIVIL - sanctions; attorney representing criminal defendant in application to reopen; use of hallucinated artificial intelligence quotes from transcript; fabricated quotations; public artificial intelligence platform; ChatGPT; quotes do not exist; hearing held before appellate panel; admission of misconduct; staff member; paralegal; use of improper artificial intelligence tools; failure to review submission; impugn prosecutor; improper challenge to appellate counsel's effectiveness; claimed remedial measures; continuing education; intra-firm policy; policy had hallmarks of artificial intelligence; appeal to Supreme Court; after sanction hearing respondent used artificial intelligence in a Cuyahoga County criminal case; prosecutor identified improper use; alleged inadvertence; post-hoc action of similar misconduct; inherent judicial authority; control abuse of judicial process; constitutional authority; statutory authority to guard against contempt; Ohio App.R. 23; Ohio Rules of Professional Conduct; candor toward the tribunal; false statements of fact; responsibilities regarding nonlawyer assistance; dishonesty; fraud; misrepresentation; deceit; conduct prejudicial to administration of justice; failure to take corrective action; court not bound by private settlement agreement; court need not defer only to disciplinary process; service of judgment upon courts; verification requirements for future filings; mandatory continuing legal education requirements; strike original application to reopen; removal of respondent as counsel; written apologies to those defamed by fabricated filing; compliance and enforcement conditions. | Lucci | Ashtabula |
3/20/2026
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3/20/2026
| 2026-Ohio-965 |
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State v. Brown
| 2025-L-073 | CRIMINAL - Rape; R.C. 2907.02(A)(1); substitute counsel; attorney-client relationship; manifest weight of the evidence; ineffective assistance of counsel; consecutive sentences; future crime; R.C. 2929.14(C)(4) | S. Lynch | Lake |
3/16/2026
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3/16/2026
| 2026-Ohio-875 |
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State v. Vance
| 2025-L-087 | CRIMINAL - Aggravated Possession of Drugs; motion to suppress; Fourth Amendment; probable cause; reasonable suspicion; traffic stop; vehicle search; totality of the circumstances; scope of stop. | Eklund | Lake |
3/16/2026
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3/16/2026
| 2026-Ohio-876 |
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State v. Green-Sarubbi
| 2025-L-108, 2025-L-109 | CRIMINAL - misdemeanor sentencing; restitution; mandate on remand; postjudgment interest; R.C. 1343.03(A) | S. Lynch | Lake |
3/16/2026
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3/16/2026
| 2026-Ohio-877 |
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State ex rel. White v. Falkowski
| 2025-L-149 | EXTRAORDINARY WRITS - mandamus; prohibition; motion to dismiss; Civ.R. 12(B); ruling on motion to disqualify magistrate; mootness; compliance with local rules; adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law; exercise of jurisdiction. | Per Curiam | Lake |
3/16/2026
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3/16/2026
| 2026-Ohio-878 |
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Tamarac Apts., L.L.C. v. Austin
| 2026-L-0003 | APPELLATE REVIEW - App.R. 4(A); thirty-day rule; untimely appeal; motion for delayed appeals inapplicable to civil appeals. | S. Lynch | Lake |
3/16/2026
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3/16/2026
| 2026-Ohio-879 |
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Hahn v. Farmakis-King
| 2025-A-0009 | CIVIL - spouse; loan; promissory note; mortgage; proof of debt; subsequent agreement; parol evidence; contract integration; fully integrated contract; partially integrated contract; attorney-client privilege; R.C. 2317.02; R.C. 2317.021; intent; manifest weight of the evidence; expressio unius est exclusio alterius. | Lucci | Ashtabula |
3/9/2026
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3/9/2026
| 2026-Ohio-778 |
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State v. Norman
| 2025-A-0023 | CRIMINAL LAW - felonious assault; firearm specification; having weapons under disability; alleged ineffective assistance of counsel; motions for continuance; alleged lack of preparation; motions for continuance not uncommon in a criminal matter; no argument relating to prejudice; opening statement; no evidence or argument regarding counsel's alleged deficiency; admission of facts by defense of self-defense; no prejudice for calling witnesses; defendant has a right to testify; recalling victim and police officer assisted in defense; defense counsel effectively cross-examined state's witnesses; standing order to testify regarding victim's prior actions against defendant's mother; no ineffectiveness for failing to object to admission of defendant's police interview; no ineffectiveness for making a motion to dismiss; no ineffectiveness in closing argument; no ineffectiveness for conduct or omissions during sentencing; no ineffectiveness regarding alleged failure to advise defendant to accept plea deal; voluntary decision; no obvious prejudice due to counsel's prior representation of state's witness; no error in excusing one juror but not another; sufficient, credible evidence of physical harm via a deadly weapon; felony sentence not contrary to law; convictions supported by manifest weight of the evidence; sufficient, credible evidence that defendant acted knowingly. | Lucci | Ashtabula |
3/9/2026
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3/9/2026
| 2026-Ohio-779 |
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State v. Patton
| 2025-A-0033, 2025-A-0034, 2025-A-0035 | CRIMINAL LAW - guilty plea; waiver; knowing, intelligent, and voluntary; Crim.R. 11; showing of prejudice; Alford plea. | M. Lynch | Ashtabula |
3/9/2026
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3/9/2026
| 2026-Ohio-780 |
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State v. Bishop
| 2025-A-0036 | CRIMINAL LAW – guilty plea; misdemeanors; petty offense; Crim.R. 11; de novo; effect of guilty plea; failure to comply; reversed and remanded. | Patton | Ashtabula |
3/9/2026
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3/9/2026
| 2026-Ohio-781 |
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State v. Ickes
| 2025-P-0028 | CRIMINAL - Operating a Vehicle Impaired ("OVI"); felony; no contest plea; knowing, intelligent, and voluntary plea; Crim.R. 11; uncounseled convictions; enhancement of offense; demonstration of facts; prejudice | S. Lynch | Portage |
3/9/2026
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3/9/2026
| 2026-Ohio-784 |
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State v. Little
| 2025-P-0038, 2025-P-0039 | CRIMINAL LAW - jail-time credit; abuse of discretion; R.C. 2967.191; consecutive sentences; trial court appropriately calculated jail time credit. | Patton | Portage |
3/9/2026
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3/9/2026
| 2026-Ohio-785 |
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State ex rel. Zoldan v. Giulitto
| 2025-P-0083 | ORIGINAL ACTION - procedendo; delay in ruling on motions; motion to dismiss; judgments rendered; duty already performed; moot | Per Curiam | Portage |
3/9/2026
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3/9/2026
| 2026-Ohio-787 |
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State v. Coppa
| 2025-P-0043 | CRIMINAL LAW - sentencing; R.C. 2953.08; R.C. 2929.11; R.C. 2929.12; consistency in sentencing; judicial bias; R.C. 2701.03; due process; ineffective assistance of counsel. | Patton | Portage |
3/9/2026
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3/9/2026
| 2026-Ohio-786 |
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State v. Jordan
| 2025-L-054 | CRIMINAL LAW - having weapons under disability; possession of cocaine; misdemeanor soliciting; no sentence entered on soliciting guilty verdict; no final judgment; manifest weight of the evidence; soliciting verdict is only argument on appeal; no objection to failure to sentence; no final appealable order. | Lucci | Lake |
3/9/2026
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3/9/2026
| 2026-Ohio-782 |
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State v. Appenzeller
| 2025-L-084 | POSTCONVICTION RELIEF - void; personal jurisdiction; postconviction relief; R.C. 2953.21; R.C. 2953.23; untimely or successive petition; res judicata. | Lucci | Lake |
3/9/2026
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3/9/2026
| 2026-Ohio-783 |
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