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| Case Caption | Case No. | Topics and Issues | Author | Citation / County | Decided | Posted | WebCite |
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State v. Tyers
| 2023-P-0078 | CRIMINAL - restitution; probation; direct appeal; res judicata; conversion to a civil judgment; collection of judgment; authority; nullity | Lynch | Portage |
11/18/2024
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11/18/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5436 |
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State ex rel. Chester v. Doherty
| 2024-P-0042 | ORIGINAL ACTION - mandamus; Civ.R. 12(B)(6) motion to dismiss; petition for postconviction relief; findings of fact and conclusions of law; adequate remedy; direct appeal; dismissed. | Per Curiam | Portage |
11/18/2024
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11/18/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5437 |
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Estate of Truesdell v. Traci Brown Ins. Agency Inc.
| 2024-A-0029 | Civil Law - Civ.R. 56; motion for summary judgment; de novo; no genuine issue of material fact; breach of contract; declaratory judgment; bad faith; insurance; statements by sales agent; duty to act in good faith toward insured; motion to strike; abuse of discretion; lack of personal knowledge; harmless error. | Patton | Ashtabula |
11/18/2024
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11/18/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5440 |
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State v. Isom
| 2024-T-0020 | CRIMINAL - sentencing hearing; witness statements; mitigation; abuse of discretion; criminal history; second sentencing hearing. | Trapp | Trumbull |
11/18/2024
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11/18/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5438 |
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State ex rel. Ames v. Geauga Cty. Bd. of Dev. Disabilities
| 2024-G-0032 | CIVIL - injunction; R.C. 121.22; ex rel.; real party in interest; failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted; Civ.R. 12(B)(6); Civ.R. 17(A); when a statute so provides, an action for the use or benefit of another shall be brought in the name of the State of Ohio. | Lucci | Geauga |
11/18/2024
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11/18/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5441 |
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State v. Honzu
| 2024-T-0054 | POSTCONVICTION - petition for postconviction relief; failed to set forth sufficient operative facts; substantive grounds for relief; no supporting evidence and/or affidavit; res judicata. | Trapp | Trumbull |
11/18/2024
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11/18/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5439 |
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State v. Lockwood
| 2024-A-0039 | CRIMINAL - motion to withdraw plea; presentence motion; freely granted; abuse of discretion; ineffective assistance of counsel; Crim.R. 32.1; assertions of innocence; counsel's unwillingness to proceed to trial; lack of prejudice to the state; not a mere change of heart | Lynch | Ashtabula |
11/12/2024
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11/12/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5370 |
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State v. Feathers
| 2024-P-0036 & 2024-P-0037 | revocation of probation; split sentence; res judicata; issues were or should have been raised previously; void; voidable; subject-matter jurisdiction; motion to withdraw guilty plea; Crim.R. 32.1; final, appealable order | Lynch | Portage |
11/12/2024
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11/12/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5373 |
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State v. Hosler
| 2024-L-041 | CRIMINAL - motion to suppress; reasonable suspicion; competent and credible evidence | Lynch | Lake |
11/12/2024
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11/12/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5372 |
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State v. Rankin
| 2024-A-0075 | APPELLATE REVIEW - Crim.R. 48(A); R.C. 2505.02; dismissal of indictment is not a final appealable order. | Eklund | Ashtabula |
11/12/2024
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11/12/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5369 |
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Farrar v. Univ. Hosp. Health Sys., Inc.
| 2024-L-028 | CIVIL - unemployment compensation benefits; review commission; administrative appeal; R.C. 4141.282; R.C. 4141.29; new condition of continuing employment; just cause; fault; unsuitability. | Lucci | Lake |
11/12/2024
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11/12/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5374 |
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Adante v. Adante
| 2024-G-0003 | DOMESTIC RELATIONS - divorce; spousal and child support; R.C. 3105.18; imputed income; voluntary unemployment; R.C. 3119.01(C); marital property; R.C. 3105.171; distributive award; financial misconduct; R.C. 3105.171(E); shared parenting; R.C. 3109.04; attorney fees; R.C. 3105.73(A) | Lynch | Geauga |
11/12/2024
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11/12/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5371 |
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State v. Little
| 2024-T-0057 | CRIMINAL LAW - felony sentencing; receiving stolen property; alleged stolen vehicle; R.C. 2929.11; R.C. 292912; not required; no statutory authority to review whether record supports individual sentence; not contrary to law. | Lucci | Trumbull |
11/12/2024
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11/12/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5375 |
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Willowick Bldg. Dept. v. Getachew
| 2024-L-003 | CRIMINAL - property maintenance code; speedy trial; R.C. 2945.71; reasonable continuance granted other than upon the accused’s own motion; R.C. 2945.72(H) | Lynch | Lake |
11/4/2024
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11/4/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5259 |
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Willowick Bldg. Dept. v. Indale
| 2024-L-006 | CRIMINAL - Speedy trial; R.C. 2945.71; R.C. 2945.72(H); Trial court initially set the trial date beyond the speedy trial deadline without stating reason therefor; this does not constitute a continuance under R.C 2945.72(H); although trial court provided a reason for declining to advance trial date, the court failed to state reasonable purpose for why it set trial date beyond speedy trial date in the first instance. | Eklund | Lake |
11/4/2024
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11/4/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5262 |
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McDonie v. Wallster
| 2024-L-068 | APPELLATE REVIEW - R.C. 2505.02(B); appeal from magistrate's order is not a final appealable order; Civ.R. 53(D)(2)(a)(i); lack of jurisdiction. | Lucci | Lake |
11/4/2024
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11/4/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5265 |
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State v. Tenney
| 2024-T-0053 | CRIMINAL LAW - motion for final appealable order; voidable sentence; res judicata; law of the case. | Trapp | Trumbull |
11/4/2024
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11/4/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5268 |
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State v. Perry
| 2024-L-021 | CRIMINAL - voluntary plea; Crim.R. 11; judicial release; misadvisement on eligibility for judicial release; prejudice; reduced prison term was incentive to plead; jail time credit; entitlement to credit must be demonstrated in record; plain error | Lynch | Lake |
11/4/2024
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11/4/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5264 |
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State v. Barry
| 2024-T-0049 | CRIMINAL - community control sanctions; sanction period; R.C. 2951.07; probation warrant | Lynch | Trumbull |
11/4/2024
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11/4/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5267 |
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State v. Lacy
| 2024-A-0052 | CRIMINAL - successive petition for postconviction relief; R.C. 2953.21 and R.C. 2953.23; res judicata; mandatory sentences; consecutive sentencing. | Trapp | Ashtabula |
11/4/2024
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11/4/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5258 |
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Willowick Bldg. Dept. v. Indale
| 2024-L-004 | CRIMINAL - Speedy trial; R.C. 2945.71; R.C. 2945.72(H); Trial court initially set the trial date beyond the speedy trial deadline without stating reason therefor; this does not constitute a continuance under R.C 2945.72(H); although trial court provided a reason for declining to advance trial date, the court failed to state reasonable purpose for why it set trial date beyond speedy trial date in the first instance. | Eklund | Lake |
11/4/2024
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11/4/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5260 |
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State v. Honzu
| 2024-T-0040 | CRIMINAL - petition for postconviction relief; insufficient grounds; ineffective assistance of counsel; doctrine of res judicata. | Trapp | Trumbull |
11/4/2024
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11/4/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5266 |
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Willowick Bldg. Dept. v. Shoregate Towers NS, L.L.C.
| 2024-L-007 | CRIMINAL - property maintenance code; speedy trial; R.C. 2945.71; reasonable continuance granted other than upon the accused’s own motion; R.C. 2945.72(H) | Lynch | Lake |
11/4/2024
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11/4/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5263 |
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Willowick Bldg. Dept. v. Getachew
| 2024-L-005 | CRIMINAL - property maintenance code; speedy trial; R.C. 2945.71; reasonable continuance granted other than upon the accused’s own motion; R.C. 2945.72(H) | Lynch | Lake |
11/4/2024
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11/4/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5261 |
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State v. Williams
| 2024-T-0007 | CRIMINAL LAW - aggravated murder; attempted murder; kidnapping; aggravated burglary; receiving stolen property; sufficiency of the evidence; weight of the evidence; burden of production; burden of persuasion; credibility of witnesses; testimony; consistency of factual evidence; shots fired when victims were in home; second round of shots fired when murder victim outside and second victim inside home; medico-forensic testimony supports state's theory; spinal cord severed; immediate collapse; motive challenged; state not required to prove motive; motive useful, but not necessary; witness testimony supports conclusion that defendant was not interested in helping second victim; restrained liberty; defendant engaged in trespassory entry into residence; defendant seriously beat second victim; prior calculation and design; with purpose; advance reasoning to formulate the purpose to kill; murder not the result of instantaneous explosion of sudden events; amendment to indictment; court may allow at any time before, during, and after trial; amendment did not change the name and identity of crime; amendment conformed with Crim.R. 7(D). | Lucci | Trumbull |
10/28/2024
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10/28/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5164 |
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Angelo v. Angelo
| 2024-P-0013 | DOMESTIC RELATIONS - motion to modify spousal support; post-decree; separation agreement; R.C. 3105.18; jurisdiction to modify spousal support; change in circumstances; whether existing spousal support award is appropriate and reasonable; court shall not modify original reservation of jurisdiction; tax returns. | Lucci | Portage |
10/28/2024
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10/28/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5163 |
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State v. White
| 2024-A-0045 | CRIMINAL – Involuntary Manslaughter with a predicate offense of Trafficking in Drugs; R.C. 2903.04(A); R.C. 2925.03; manifest weight of the evidence; sufficiency of the evidence; cause-in-fact; proximate cause; possibility of death by overdose a foreseeable consequence of trafficking in drugs; R.C. 2953.08(G); R.C. 2929.14(C); consecutive sentences. | Eklund | Ashtabula |
10/28/2024
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10/28/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5158 |
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State v. Campbell
| 2024-P-0060 | APPELLATE REVIEW - App.R. 4(A)(1); untimely appeal; App.R. 5(A); motion for delayed appeal; fails to set forth valid reason for delay. | Lynch | Portage |
10/28/2024
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10/28/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5161 |
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Perkins v. Perkins
| 2024-G-0040 | APPELLATE REVIEW – R.C. 2505.02(B); Civ.R. 53(D)(4)(a); magistrate's decision has not been adopted by the trial court and remains interlocutory; No final order exists until all issues relating to property division, support and parental rights and responsibilities have been addressed; An entry that leaves issues unresolved and contemplates further action is not a final appealable order. | Patton | Geauga |
10/28/2024
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10/28/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5162 |
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Mahoney-Offi v. Great Expressions Dental Ctrs.
| 2024-L-035 | CIVIL - motion to dismiss; failure to state a claim; Civ.R. 12(B)(6); Family and Medical Leave Act; 29. U.S.C. 2615; interference; retaliation | Lynch | Lake |
10/28/2024
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10/28/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5160 |
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State v. Wiley
| 2024-A-0030 | CRIMINAL - Anders, residential community control sanctions, inpatient treatment, reasonably related to rehabilitation, appeal frivolous, motion to withdraw granted. | Trapp | Ashtabula |
10/28/2024
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10/28/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5159 |
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Deutsche Bank Natl. Trust Co. v. Brooks
| 2024-G-0010 | CIVIL - Civ.R. 55(A); notice of the application for default judgment; an appearance generally implies some sort of presentation or submission to the court; Civ.R. 60(B); motion for relief from judgment; excusable neglect; mistake. | Eklund | Geauga |
10/21/2024
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10/21/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5054 |
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State v. Floyd
| 2024-T-0033 | CRIMINAL LAW - unreasonable delay in sentencing; complicity to involuntary manslaughter; aggravated burglary; tampering with evidence; firearm specification; where the defendant agreed to the delay as part of a plea agreement, delayed sentencing was not unreasonable. | Patton | Trumbull |
10/21/2024
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10/21/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5057 |
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State v. Bielfelt
| 2024-L-024 | CRIMINAL - Marsy's Law; Ohio Constitution Article I, Section 10a; standing; a victim only has standing to assert rights that are either enumerated in Marsy’s Law or otherwise afforded by law; diversion program; R.C. 2935.36(A); R.C. 2935.36(C); success in a diversion program is the constructive equivalent of serving a sentence for the crime charged; ordering a record sealed; R.C. 2953.33(B)(4); Civ.R. 12(F). | Eklund | Lake |
10/21/2024
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10/21/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5055 |
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State v. Rose
| 2024-A-0053 | POSTCONVICTION RELIEF - R.C. 2953.21; R.C. 2953.23; successive petition for postconviction relief; denial of petition without a hearing; trial court need not accept affidavits attached to petition as true statements of fact; res judicata. | Eklund | Ashtabula |
10/21/2024
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10/21/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5053 |
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State ex rel. Bates v. Lowery
| 2024-T-0035 | EXTRAORDINARY WRIT - Petition for writ of mandamus; public records request; R.C. 149.43; respondent failed to file an answer or dispositive motion to an alternative writ; R.C. 2731.10; peremptory writ issued. | Per Curiam | Trumbull |
10/21/2024
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10/21/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5059 |
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State v. Parker
| 2024-T-0039 | POSTCONVICTION RELIEF - recast irregular motions; R.C. 2953.21; untimely; R.C. 2953.23. | Lucci | Trumbull |
10/21/2024
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10/21/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5058 |
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In re G.E.H.
| 2024-P-0017 | JUVENILE - custody; termination of shared parenting; Juv.R. 40(D); R.C. 3109.04; magistrate's decision; objections; independent review; best interest of the child. | PATTON | Portage |
10/21/2024
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10/21/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5056 |
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State v. Simon
| 2024-P-0005 | CRIMINAL LAW - manifest weight; sufficiency; Crim.R. 29(A); R.C.2907.09(A)(2); public indecency. | Patton | Portage |
10/15/2024
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10/15/2024
| 2024-Ohio-4972 |
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State v. Jones
| 2024-P-0020 & 2024-P-0021 | CRIMINAL LAW - obstructing official business; tail light violation; jurisdictional argument; distinction; driving and traveling; no transcript; common meaning; drive includes travel; no motion to suppress filed; waiver of objection to probable cause to stop. | Lucci | Portage |
10/15/2024
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10/15/2024
| 2024-Ohio-4973 |
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State v. Vera-Lopez
| 2024-A-0021 | CRIMINAL LAW - guilty plea; erroneous sentence; matter of law; failure to comply with statute; final order on conviction; improper nunc pro tunc; not void; plain error; trial court lacks jurisdiction to modify final order; resentencing; no issue of strict compliance with Crim.R. 11 constitutional requirements; non-constitutional requirements met; appellant requests court judicially engraft additional requirements; plea knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily entered. | Lucci | Ashtabula |
10/15/2024
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10/15/2024
| 2024-Ohio-4971 |
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State v. McFarland
| 2024-T-0018 | CRIMINAL LAW - aggravated menacing; victim attempting to collect dues for lawn care services; at defendant's residence; defendant brandished firearm; sufficiency of the evidence; defense of property; trespass; no transcript of jury instructions; victim not a trespasser; victim was invited by property owner; conviction supported by sufficient evidence. | Lucci | Trumbull |
10/15/2024
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10/15/2024
| 2024-Ohio-4974 |
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State v. Clark
| 2024-T-0030 | CRIMINAL LAW – rape of child under 13 years of age; R.C. 2907.02; force or threat of force; R.C. 2971.03; R.C. 2901.01(A)(1); sexual conduct; R.C. 2907.01; gross sexual imposition; R.C. 2907.05; sexual contact; life without parole; sufficient evidence; manifest weight of the evidence; authority figure; victim’s will overcome by fear or duress; felony sentencing; R.C. 2953.08(G)(2); R.C. 2929.11; R.C. 2929.12; otherwise contrary to law. | Lucci | Trumbull |
10/15/2024
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10/15/2024
| 2024-Ohio-4976 |
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State v. Chambers
| 2024-T-0068 | APPELLATE REVIEW - App.R. 4(A)(1); untimely appeal; App.R. 5(A); motion for delayed appeal fails to set forth reason for delay. | Lucci | Trumbull |
10/7/2024
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10/7/2024
| 2024-Ohio-4835 |
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Hwy. Equip. Co. v. Richard Boccia Constr., Inc.
| 2024-T-0019 | CIVIL - Contract; civil judgment; manifest weight of the evidence; delay in repair and costs of repair in excess of initial quote was at least partially attributable to appellant's actions. | Eklund | Trumbull |
9/30/2024
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9/30/2024
| 2024-Ohio-4753 |
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State v. Dluhos
| 2024-P-0054, 2024-P-0055 & 2024-P-0056 | APPELLATE REVIEW - App.R. 4(A)(1); untimely appeals; App.R. 5(A) provides a remedy for filing an untimely criminal appeal. | Eklund | Portage |
9/30/2024
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9/30/2024
| 2024-Ohio-4752 |
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Hernandez v. Hamdy
| 2024-G-0015 & 2024-G-0016 | CIVIL - domestic violence protection order; R.C. 3113.31; subject matter jurisdiction; county of residence; R.C. 2903.214; continuation of jurisdiction; plain and unambiguous; legislative intent; absurd result; venue; Civ.R. 3(C); custody proceedings | Lynch | Geauga |
9/30/2024
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9/30/2024
| 2024-Ohio-4754 |
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State v. Demichael
| 2024-T-0063 | APPELLATE REVIEW - State appeal; motion to suppress; Crim.R. 12(K); R.C. 2945.67(A); untimely; no jurisdiction; appeal dismissed. | Lynch | Trumbull |
9/30/2024
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9/30/2024
| 2024-Ohio-4756 |
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Streetsboro v. Ragle
| 2024-P-0029 | CRIMINAL - lanes of travel; Streetsboro Cod.Ord. 331.01; minor misdemeanor; no contest plea; explanation of circumstances; R.C. 2937.07; Crim.R. 11(B)(2) | Lynch | Portage |
9/30/2024
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9/30/2024
| 2024-Ohio-4755 |
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State ex rel. Anderson v. Warren Bd. of Health Dept.
| 2024-T-0062 | EXTRAORDINARY WRIT - Petition for writ of mandamus; petition for writ of prohibition; Civ.R. 12(B)(6); failure to state requested relief; requirement of R.C. 2969.25(A) to provide affidavit of inmate of prior actions is mandatory. | Per Curiam | Trumbull |
9/23/2024
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9/23/2024
| 2024-Ohio-4627 |
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