Case Caption | Case No. | Topics and Issues | Author | Citation / County | Decided | Posted | WebCite |
State v. Harvey
| 1-23-35, 1-23-36 | REMISSION OF PENALTY; BOND FORFEITURE; R.C. 2937.39; SURETY. The trial court did not abuse its discretion by remitting only $70,000 of a collective $150,000 surety bond. | Zimmerman | Allen |
3/18/2024
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3/18/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1004 |
State v. Brinkman
| 4-23-08 | SUFFICIENCY OF THE EVIDENCE; IMPORTUNING; CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES. The defendant-appellant’s importuning conviction is based on sufficient evidence. The trial court made the appropriate findings under R.C. 2929.14(C)(4) before imposing consecutive sentences. | Zimmerman | Defiance |
3/18/2024
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3/18/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1005 |
State v. Jose
| 3-23-19 | Judicial Release; R.C. 2929.20(K). The trial court did not abuse its discretion by revoking the defendant-appellant's judicial release and reimposing his original prison sentence with credit for time already served. | Miller | Crawford |
3/11/2024
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3/11/2024
| 2024-Ohio-881 |
State v. Saxton
| 6-23-06 | Ability to Pay; Waiver of Mandatory Fine; Ineffective Assistance of Counsel. The trial court properly considered appellant-defendant's present and future ability to pay before assessing a mandatory fine. Defendant-appellant failed to demonstrate that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. | Miller | Hardin |
3/11/2024
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3/11/2024
| 2024-Ohio-882 |
State v. Spangler
| 8-23-02 | Crim.R. 11; Ability to Pay; Mandatory Fine. Defendant-appellant did not demonstrate that his plea was anything other than knowing, intelligent, and voluntary. The trial court properly considered defendant-appellant’s present and future ability to pay before assessing a mandatory fine. | Miller | Logan |
3/11/2024
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3/11/2024
| 2024-Ohio-883 |
State v. Harrison
| 8-23-10 | The trial court did not err by denying defendant-appellant's motion to suppress evidence seized incident to May 27, 2020 search because R.C. 2967.131, which authorizes warrantless searches of individuals or felons on post-release control, is not unconstitutional. | Zimmerman | Logan |
3/11/2024
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3/11/2024
| 2024-Ohio-884 |
State v. Cabrera
| 8-23-12 | Vehicular Manslaughter; Failure to Yield; R.C. 2903.06(A)(4); R.C. 4511.43(A). The evidence at trial supported a finding that defendant-appellant violated R.C. 4511.43(A) by not yielding the right-of-way to the victim's vehicle. The defendant-appellant's conviction was supported by sufficient evidence and was not against the manifest weight of the evidence. | Miller | Logan |
3/11/2024
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3/11/2024
| 2024-Ohio-885 |
State v. Smith
| 9-23-04 | Felonious Assault; R.C. 2903.11; Abduction; R.C. 2905.02(A)(2); Evid.R. 804(B)(1); Evid.R. 616; Merger of Offenses; R.C. 2941.25. The trial court did not err in admitting the victim's testimony from the preliminary hearing, not allowing defendant-appellant to introduce evidence of a false accusation made against him, or not merging defendant-appellant's offenses together. Defendant-appellant's convictions for felonious assault and abduction were not against the manifest weight of the evidence, and the verdict was supported by sufficient evidence. | Miller | Marion |
3/11/2024
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3/11/2024
| 2024-Ohio-886 |
OhioHealth Corp. v. Bishop
| 9-23-39 | SUMMARY JUDGMENT; FAIR DEBT COLLECTIONS PRACTICES ACT (FDCPA); CIV.R. 8. The trial court did not err by granting summary judgment in favor of plaintiff-appellee. Defendant-appellant failed to allege a FDCPA violation in the manner contemplated by the civil rules. | Zimmerman | Marion |
3/11/2024
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3/11/2024
| 2024-Ohio-887 |
Universal Steel Bldgs. Corp. v. Dues
| 10-22-07 | JUDGMENT NOTWITHSTANDING THE VERDICT; DIRECTED VERDICT; DEPOSITION TESTIMONY; CIV.R. 32; MOTION FOR JURY TRIAL; CIVIL MANIFEST WEIGHT OF THE EVIDENCE; ATTORNEY FEES; BREACH OF CONTRACT; TORTIOUS INTERFERENCE WITH A CONTRACT; PUNITIVE DAMAGES. The trial court erred by granting plaintiff-appellee/cross-appellant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict as to defendant-appellant/cross-appellee’s counterclaim for tortious interference with a contract and erred by denying defendant-appellant/cross-appellee’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict as to plaintiff-appellee/cross-appellant’s breach-of-contract claim. The trial court erred by granting plaintiff-appellee/cross-appellant’s motion for directed verdict as to defendant-appellant/cross-appellee’s counterclaim for punitive damages. Even assuming without deciding that it satisfied the circumstances which must be met under Civ.R. 32(A)(3), plaintiff-appellee/cross-appellant was not materially prejudiced by the exclusion of deposition testimonies at trial. The trial court did not abuse its discretion by granting defendant-appellant/cross-appellee’s motion for a jury trial. The jury’s verdict as to defendant-appellant/cross-appellee’s breach-of-contract counterclaim is not against the manifest weight of the evidence. The trial court did not abuse its discretion by denying plaintiff-appellee/cross-appellant’s request for attorney fees. | Zimmerman | Mercer |
2/26/2024
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2/26/2024
| 2024-Ohio-698 |
State v. Ghast
| 7-23-13 | Mootness of Appeal. This appeal is moot because defendant-appellant voluntarily completed the jail term without seeking a stay from the trial court, the jail term was imposed for the non-felony offense of violating a no-contact order, and there was no evidence from which an inference could be drawn that defendant-appellant will suffer some collateral disability or loss of civil rights because of the challenged judgment apart from the already-served sentence itself. | Miller | Henry |
2/26/2024
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2/26/2024
| 2024-Ohio-697 |
In re M.G.
| 4-23-09 | Custody; Change in Circumstances; Failure to Object. Trial court did not abuse its discretion by determining that change in circumstances occurred. | Waldick | Defiance |
2/26/2024
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2/26/2024
| 2024-Ohio-695 |
State v. Whitaker
| 6-23-11 & 6-23-12 | The trial court properly informed defendant-appellant of the consecutive nature of her sentences. The trial court did not err by ordering defendant-appellant to pay court costs, fines, fees, court-appointed counsel fees, and reimbursement fees. | Miller | Hardin |
2/26/2024
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2/26/2024
| 2024-Ohio-696 |
State v. Greer
| 1-23-01 | Manifest Weight; Witness Credibility; Trier of Fact. The jury, as the finder of fact, is free to believe all, some, or none of the testimony of each witness that appears at trial. A verdict is not against the manifest weight of the evidence because the jury found the State's evidence more credible than the Defense's evidence. A verdict is not against the manifest weight of the evidence simply because the jury chose not to believe the defendant's account of what transpired. | Zmuda | Allen |
2/26/2024
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2/26/2024
| 2024-Ohio-694 |
State v. Carroll
| 3-23-33 | Sufficiency of the Evidence; Manifest Weight; Obstructing Justice. Conviction for obstructing justice supported by the evidence. | Miller | Crawford |
2/20/2024
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2/20/2024
| 2024-Ohio-628 |
State v. Godsey
| 1-22-59 | R.C. 2911.02(A)(2); Physical-Harm Robbery; Ineffective Assistance of Counsel. The State's evidence that defendant-appellant committed robbery was legally sufficient and his conviction was not against the manifest weight of the evidence. Defendant-appellant's trial counsel was not ineffective in a manner that prejudiced him. The trial court did not err in not instructing the jury on the lesser-included offense of theft for the robbery count. | Miller | Allen |
2/20/2024
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2/20/2024
| 2024-Ohio-629 |
State v. Brown
| 7-23-05 | Sufficient Evidence; Pattern of Corrupt Activity; Venue. To establish venue in a prosecution for engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity in violation of R.C. 2923.32(A)(1), the State need only prove that any portion of the pattern of corrupt activity transpired in the jurisdiction where the trial is held. The State does not need to establish that the defendant was physically present in the forum county if the defendant participated in an enterprise that was active in the forum county. | Willamowski | Henry |
2/20/2024
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2/20/2024
| 2024-Ohio-627 |
In re J.R.
| 8-23-07; 8-23-08 | Void judgment, subject matter jurisdiction, personal jurisdiction, manifest weight, reasonable efforts, best interest, effective assistance of counsel. Trial court did not lose jurisdiction when it had subject matter jurisdiction and respondent waived service agreeing to personal jurisdiction. Agency testified that reasonable efforts to reunify the family were made and trial court made the required findings. Trial court's determination to grant permanent custody was not against the manifest weight of the evidence when the child had been in the custody of the agency for 16 out of the prior 22 months and termination of parental rights was in the best interest of the child. Trial court did not err in denying the motion for legal custody of child, trial court did not err in granting a stay of the proceedings while an appeal by a third party was pending. Respondent was not denied the effective assistance of counsel. | Willamowski | Logan |
2/20/2024
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2/20/2024
| 2024-Ohio-626 |
State v. Morgan
| 14-23-27, 14-23-28 | Consecutive Sentences; R.C. 2929.14(C)(4); R.C. 2953.08(G)(2); Felony Sentencing Review; Ineffective Assistance of Counsel. R.C. 2953.08(G)(2) provides a basis for an appellate court to determine whether a trial court's R.C. 2929.14(C)(4) findings are supported by the record. The appellant cannot establish the prejudice prong of an ineffective assistance of counsel claim if it is an argument that only speculates about the contents of materials that exist outside of the record. | Willamowski | Union |
2/20/2024
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2/20/2024
| 2024-Ohio-625 |
In re S.M.
| 9-23-30 | R.C. 2151.414; Permanent custody; Manifest weight of the evidence; App.R. 9; Record on appeal. The judgment of the trial court granting permanent custody to the children's services agency was not against the manifest weight of the evidence and the record on appeal was sufficient for appellate review. | Waldick | Marion |
2/12/2024
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2/12/2024
| 2024-Ohio-517 |
State v. Schleter
| 13-23-25 | Motion to suppress; Warrantless search; Exigent circumstances. The trial court did not err in overruling defendant-appellant's motion to suppress, as the warrantless entry into appellant's home was justified by exigent circumstances. | Waldick | Seneca |
2/12/2024
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2/12/2024
| 2024-Ohio-514 |
State v. Pena
| 13-23-24 | Motion to suppress; Warrantless search; Exigent circumstances. The trial court did not err in overruling defendant-appellant's motion to suppress, as the warrantless entry into appellant's home was justified by exigent circumstances. | Zimmerman | Seneca |
2/12/2024
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2/12/2024
| 2024-Ohio-515 |
State v. Tucker
| 13-23-17 | Evid.R. 403(A); Evid.R. 403(B); plain-error review; manifest weight of the evidence; witness-credibility determination. Defendant-appellant failed to develop a plain-error argument on appeal, and thus we will not fashion one for him. Hence, we will not address his evidentiary arguments. The defendant-appellant’s failure-to-comply conviction is not against the manifest weight of the evidence. | Zimmerman | Seneca |
2/12/2024
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2/12/2024
| 2024-Ohio-516 |
State v. Patterson
| 5-23-31 | Postconviction motion to dismiss indictment; res judicata; motion for leave to file a delayed motion for new trial; Crim.R. 33; clear and convincing standard. Defendant-appellant’s postconviction motion to dismiss the indictment is barred by the doctrine of res judicata. The trial court did not abuse err by not holding an evidentiary hearing on defendant-appellant’s motion. | Zimmerman | Hancock |
2/12/2024
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2/12/2024
| 2024-Ohio-519 |
State v. Frazier
| 6-23-13 | R.C. 2953.08; Felony Sentence; Presumption of Regularity; Jointly Recommended Sentence. The appellant has the burden of affirmatively demonstrating any error alleged on appeal. If the trial court imposes a jointly recommended sentence that is authorized by law, R.C. 2953.08(D)(1) states that the felony sentence is not reviewable under R.C. 2953.08. Further, a presumption of regularity attaches to the proceedings at the trial court. | Willamowski | Hardin |
2/12/2024
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2/12/2024
| 2024-Ohio-518 |
State v. Kalvitz
| 7-23-11; 7-23-12 | Voluntariness of guilty plea; Trial court participation in plea negotiations; Post-release control. Comments made by the trial court and the court's limited participation in the plea negotiation process did not coerce defendant-appellant's guilty pleas. However, in one of these consolidated cases, the trial court did err in the imposition of post-release control. | Waldick | Henry |
2/5/2024
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2/5/2024
| 2024-Ohio-392 |
State v. Dearmond
| 8-22-41 | Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Jury Instructions; Self-Defense. Defendant-appellant failed to demonstrate that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. The trial court did not abuse its discretion by denying defendant-appellant's request for a jury instruction on self-defense. | Miller | Logan |
2/5/2024
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2/5/2024
| 2024-Ohio-393 |
Einbecker v. Gates Corp.
| 1-22-62 | Hazardous Materials Transportation Act; Hazardous Materials Regulations; The Ohio Products Liability Act; preemption; judgment on the pleadings; Civ.R. 12(C). The trial court erred in granting the defendant-appellee’s judgment on the pleadings request. | Zimmerman | Allen |
2/5/2024
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2/5/2024
| 2024-Ohio-385 |
State v. Catlett
| 1-22-83; 1-23-06 | MANIFEST WEIGHT; ABDUCTION; GROSS SEXUAL IMPOSITION; SEX-OFFENDER REGISTRATION. Defendant-appellant’s abduction and gross-sexual-imposition convictions are not against the manifest weight of the evidence. Because the trial court’s reconsideration of a final and appealable order is a nullity and not subject to appeal, this court lacks jurisdiction to consider whether the defendant-appellant’s sentence is contrary to law. | Zimmerman | Allen |
2/5/2024
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2/5/2024
| 2024-Ohio-386 |
State v. Owsley
| 2-23-09 | Reserved Sentence; Ripeness. An appellate challenge to a prison-term reserved for a potential community control violation is not ripe until the reserved term of imprisonment is imposed for a community control violation in a sentencing order. | Willamowski | Auglaize |
2/5/2024
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2/5/2024
| 2024-Ohio-387 |
State v. Fulker
| 3-23-27 | Manifest Weight; Credibility Determination; Thirteenth Juror. The finders of fact are free to believe some, all, or none of a witness's testimony. The fact that the jury did not believe the defendant's testimony does not render a conviction as being against the manifest weight of the evidence. | Willamowski | Crawford |
2/5/2024
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2/5/2024
| 2024-Ohio-388 |
State v. Bohach
| 3-23-28; 3-23-29 | SUFFICIENCY OF THE EVIDENCE; MANIFEST WEIGHT OF THE EVIDENCE; CRIMINAL TRESPASSING; OBSTRUCTING OFFICIAL BUSINESS. The defendant-appellant’s criminal-trespassing convictions are based on sufficient evidence and are not against the manifest weight of the evidence. The defendant-appellant’s obstructing-official-business conviction is based on insufficient evidence. | Zimmerman | Crawford |
2/5/2024
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2/5/2024
| 2024-Ohio-389 |
Wilhelm v. Advanced Drainage Sys., Inc.
| 5-23-16 | Summary judgment; Civ.R. 56; Workers' compensation; COVID-19; Occupational disease. The trial court did not err in granting summary judgment in favor of defendant-appellee, as plaintiff-appellant failed to establish a genuine issue of material fact with regard to his claim that COVID-19 was a compensable occupational disease. | Waldick | Hancock |
2/5/2024
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2/5/2024
| 2024-Ohio-390 |
Rader v. RLJ Mgt. Co., Inc.
| 5-23-37 | Landlord-Tenant; Civ.R. 8; Notice Pleading; Negligence per se; open and obvious. Trial court did not err by determining that open and obvious nature of pothole precluded common law claim by tenant against landlord. However, trial court erred by determining complaint did not sufficiently raise a claim of a violation of the landlord-tenant act where complaint asserted negligence and that plaintiff was a tenant. | Waldick | Hancock |
2/5/2024
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2/5/2024
| 2024-Ohio-391 |
State v. Rocubert
| 17-23-11 | Motion to dismiss indictment; Double Jeopardy; Vehicular Manslaughter, Vehicular Homicide, Aggravated Vehicular Homicide. The trial court did not err in overruling the defendant-appellant's motion to dismiss the indictment on the basis of double jeopardy. | Waldick | Shelby |
2/5/2024
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2/5/2024
| 2024-Ohio-395 |
State v. Bricher
| 10-23-02 | Drug Trafficking; Engaging in a Pattern of Corrupt Activity; Jury Instructions; R.C. 2925.03; R.C. 2923.32(A)(1); R.C. 2923.31(E); R.C. 2923.31(I)(2)(c). Defendant-Appellant's convictions for drug trafficking and for engaging-in-a-pattern-of-corrupt-activity were not against the manifest weight of the evidence. Despite failure in the jury instructions to define the threshold dollar amount for drug trafficking to qualify as a predicate offense to engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, the omission did not result in a manifest miscarriage of justice. | Miller | Mercer |
2/5/2024
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2/5/2024
| 2024-Ohio-394 |
State v. Shockey
| 9-23-22 | Sufficiency; Manifest Weight; Verdict Forms; Jury Instructions. Although the convictions were supported by the evidence, verdict forms did not comply with R.C. 2945.75(A)(2) requiring reversal and a reduction to the lowest level of the offenses. | Waldick | Marion |
1/29/2024
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1/29/2024
| 2024-Ohio-296 |
State v. Doseck
| 8-23-13 | Mootness of Appeal. This appeal is moot because defendant-appellant does not challenge the underlying convictions, but instead only challenges the sentence he has already completed. | Miller | Logan |
1/22/2024
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1/22/2024
| 2024-Ohio-199 |
State v. Stevens
| 1-22-81 | identifying statements, hearsay, Evid.R. 803(2), excited utterance, ineffective assistance, Evid.R. 404(B), other-acts evidence, cumulative-error doctrine, Reagan Tokes Law, court costs, R.C. 2947.23(C). | Hess | Allen |
1/22/2024
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1/22/2024
| 2024-Ohio-198 |
Rodriguez v. Galion
| 3-23-38 | Subject Matter Jurisdiction; Where record was unclear as to when commission received notice of appeal, dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction was not appropriate. | Waldick | Crawford |
1/16/2024
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1/16/2024
| 2024-Ohio-129 |
State v. Vawter
| 5-23-28 | R.C. 2929.14(B)(4); Notice at sentencing of reserved prison terms; Resentencing. The trial court erred in sua sponte resentencing the defendant in an attempt to correct an oversight that occurred at the original sentencing hearing. | Waldick | Hancock |
1/16/2024
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1/16/2024
| 2024-Ohio-131 |
State v. Sessom
| 4-23-10 | Speedy Trial; Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Guilty Plea. The entry of a guilty plea generally waives the right to challenge a conviction on statutory speedy trial grounds on appeal. Crim.R. 11(C)(2)(c) does not require a trial court to expressly inform the defendant that a guilty plea waives the constitutional right to a speedy trial. | Willamowski | Defiance |
1/16/2024
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1/16/2024
| 2024-Ohio-130 |
State v. Davis
| 9-23-19 | Sufficiency of the Evidence; Merger; Revival of Guilty Verdict. Evidence was not sufficient to support a conviction for trafficking in a fentanyl-related compound when there was no evidence that the defendant intended to sell the drugs or knew they were transported for the purpose of sale. Since the trafficking charge was the selected verdict when the possession verdict was merged for the purpose of sentencing, it fails. This failure on appeal revives the possession verdict, which is supported by the evidence. The matter is remanded for the purpose of sentencing on the possession guilty verdict. | Willamowski | Marion |
1/16/2024
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1/16/2024
| 2024-Ohio-132 |
State v. Oburn
| 9-23-33 | Sufficiency of the Evidence; Possession of a Deadly Weapon while Detained at a Correctional Facility. The evidence was sufficient to show that the defendant was in possession of an item capable of inflicting death while incarcerated in a prison. | Willamowski | Marion |
1/16/2024
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1/16/2024
| 2024-Ohio-133 |