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Case Caption | Case No. | Topics and Issues | Author | Citation / County | Decided | Posted | WebCite |
State v. Honeycutt
| 2024-A-0013 | CRIMINAL LAW - rape; jury trial; ineffective assistance of trial counsel; other-acts testimony; trial strategy; witness credibility; date range in indictment; child victim. | Trapp | Ashtabula |
6/28/2024
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6/28/2024
| 2024-Ohio-2507 |
State v. Anderson
| 2023-L-099 | CRIMINAL LAW - substitution of counsel, breakdown of communication, irreconcilable conflict, abuse of discretion; authenticity of records, nontestimonial; manifest weight of the evidence, circumstantial evidence. | Trapp | Lake |
6/28/2024
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6/28/2024
| 2024-Ohio-2505 |
State v. Gaspare
| 2024-G-0004 | CRIMINAL LAW - consecutive sentencing; R.C. 2929.11; R.C. 2929.12; R.C. 2953.08(G); R.C. 2929.14(C). | Patton | Geauga |
6/28/2024
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6/28/2024
| 2024-Ohio-2508 |
State ex rel. Sahbra Farms, Inc. v. Streetsboro
| 2023-P-0062 | CIVIL - adoption of magistrate's decision; mandamus; denial of conditional use permit; regulatory taking; just compensation; standing; merits of claim; constitutionally protected property interest; mineral lease; required analysis in first instance. | Trapp | Portage |
6/28/2024
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6/28/2024
| 2024-Ohio-2506 |
State v. Urick
| 2024-T-0010 | CRIMINAL LAW - merger; allied offenses; failure to stop after an accident; R.C. 2941.25; de novo review; R.C. 4549.02(A)(1). | Patton | Trumbull |
6/28/2024
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6/28/2024
| 2024-Ohio-2509 |
State v. Strmac
| 2023-A-0059 | CRIMINAL LAW - Crim.R. 32.1, presentence motion to withdraw guilty plea; freely and liberally granted; State concedes error; trial court did not give full and fair consideration to the motion. | Patton | Ashtabula |
6/24/2024
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6/24/2024
| 2024-Ohio-2405 |
State v. Shoff
| 2023-A-0072 | CRIMINAL LAW - aggravated assault; guilty plea; Anders brief; felony sentence; factors considered; cannot weigh basis of individual sentence; Crim.R. 11 factors met; plea entered knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily. | Lucci | Ashtabula |
6/24/2024
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6/24/2024
| 2024-Ohio-2406 |
Hileman v. Hileman
| 2023-P-0097 | DOMESTIC RELATIONS - Appellate courts are limited to a review of the record; App.R. 9(A)(1); record on appeal; App.R. 10(B); transcript has not been provided; App.R. 16(A)(7). | Eklund | Portage |
6/24/2024
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6/24/2024
| 2024-Ohio-2404 |
In re J.B.
| 2023-T-0103 | JUVENILE - delinquency, Juv.R. 1, Juv.R. 9, diversion, discretion, admission to complaint, Juv.R. 29, voluntary plea. | Lucci | Trumbull |
6/24/2024
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6/24/2024
| 2024-Ohio-2407 |
Nosse v. Potter
| 2023-L-097 | CIVIL - disability discrimination; tortious interference with employment relationship; Open Meetings Act; Civ.R. 12(B)(6); motion to dismiss; res judicata; claim preclusion; issue preclusion; finality; issues were already decided; privity; sua sponte dismissal | Lynch | Lake |
6/17/2024
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6/17/2024
| 2024-Ohio-2325 |
State v. Zaller
| 2023-T-0031 | CRIMINAL - motion to suppress; investigative stop; protective search; reasonable suspicion | Lynch | Trumbull |
6/17/2024
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6/17/2024
| 2024-Ohio-2323 |
State v. Haines
| 2024-A-0019 | CRIMINAL - postconviction relief; res judicata; knowing, intelligent, and voluntary guilty plea; ineffective assistance of counsel | Lynch | Ashtabula |
6/17/2024
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6/17/2024
| 2024-Ohio-2321 |
State v. Shine
| 2023-A-0074 | CRIMINAL LAW - Anders, manifest weight of the evidence, frivolous appeal, counsel's motion to withdraw is granted. | Trapp | Ashtabula |
6/17/2024
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6/17/2024
| 2024-Ohio-2326 |
Burnett v. Title Professionals Group
| 2024-A-0005 | CIVIL LAW - summary judgment; Civ. R. 56; breach of contract; fraud; conversion; American Sign Language (ASL) Interpreter; no genuine issues of material fact exist; disbursement was made in accordance with disbursement instructions. | Patton | Ashtabula |
6/17/2024
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6/17/2024
| 2024-Ohio-2322 |
L. Bryan Carr Co., LPA v. Laforge
| 2024-G-0025 | APPELLATE REVIEW - Lack of final appealable order when there is no foreclosure decree issued; no jurisdiction until final decree of foreclosure is issued; R.C. 2505.02. | Eklund | Geauga |
6/17/2024
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6/17/2024
| 2024-Ohio-2320 |
Schroeder v. Kirtland
| 2024-L-002 | APPELLATE REVIEW - death of party before final judgment; capacity to appeal; jurisdiction; App.R. 29(A). | Trapp | Lake |
6/17/2024
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6/17/2024
| 2024-Ohio-2319 |
State v. Chester
| 2024-P-0031 | APPELLATE REVIEW - App.R. 4(A)(1); untimely appeal; postconviction proceedings are civil; App.R. 5(A) only applies to untimely criminal appeals. | Lucci | Portage |
6/17/2024
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6/17/2024
| 2024-Ohio-2318 |
In re P.V.
| 2023-T-0011 | CRIMINAL LAW - juvenile, delinquent, rape, GSI, sufficient evidence, force or threat of force, manipulated clothing, nonconsensual, manifest weight, competing version of events, juvenile court process. | Trapp | Trumbull |
6/17/2024
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6/17/2024
| 2024-Ohio-2324 |
State v. Miller
| 2023-G-0038 | CRIMINAL LAW - operating a vehicle under the influence; horse-drawn buggy; vehicle; R.C. 4511.19; weaving on road; first impression; device; drawn; on roads; statutory language support determination; public-policy safety considerations support determination; Amish buggy is a vehicle for purposes of R.C. 4511.19. | Lucci | Geauga |
6/10/2024
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6/10/2024
| 2024-Ohio-2217 |
In re A.E.F.
| 2024-T-0009 | CIVIL - Divorce Decree; modification of shared parenting plan; R.C. 3109.04; change in circumstances; trial court's adoption of magistrate's decision; abuse of discretion; trial court did not err in finding a change in circumstances after mother unilaterally changed minor child's school, resulting in child being tardy 29 times, and affecting both parents' ability to ensure child participated in extracurricular activities. | Eklund | Trumbull |
6/10/2024
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6/10/2024
| 2024-Ohio-2213 |
State v. Huertas-Alicia
| 2022-A-0109 | CRIMINAL LAW - child rape, sufficiency of the evidence, penetration, multiple incidents; manifest weight of the evidence, credibility of the witnesses for jury. | Patton | Ashtabula |
6/10/2024
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6/10/2024
| 2024-Ohio-2214 |
Mickens v. Fisher Phillips Law Firm
| 2024-T-0016 | CIVIL LAW - motion to dismiss; failure to state a claim; Civ.R. 12(B)(6); negligent misrepresentation; third party; attorney; pro se litigant. | Trapp | Trumbull |
6/10/2024
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6/10/2024
| 2024-Ohio-2216 |
State v. Taylor
| 2024-A-0044 | APPELLATE REVIEW - App.R. 4(A)(1); untimely appeal; dismiss. | Patton | Ashtabula |
6/10/2024
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6/10/2024
| 2024-Ohio-2215 |
State v. Parker
| 2023-T-0012 | CRIMINAL - The Confrontation Clause; the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution; the Confrontation Clause does not bar the use of testimonial statements for purposes other than establishing the truth of the matter asserted; hearsay, Evid.R. 801(C); failure to file a motion to suppress; ineffective assistance of counsel; prejudice exists when the result of the trial would have been different but for counsel's ineffectiveness; leading questions; plain error standard of review; sufficiency of the evidence; R.C. 2927.01(B); Gross Abuse of a Corpse; manifest weight of the evidence; Murder; R.C. 2903.02(A). | Eklund | Trumbull |
6/10/2024
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6/10/2024
| 2024-Ohio-2212 |
Fifth Third Bank, Natl. Assn. v. Audia
| 2024-P-0026 | APPELLATE REVIEW - Lack of a final appealable order; appeal from entry granting motion to stay is not final. | Eklund | Portage |
6/3/2024
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6/3/2024
| 2024-Ohio-2127 |
State v. George
| 2023-P-0087 | CRIMINAL LAW - domestic violence; bench trial; Brady violation; body camera footage; 911 recording; actual existence; self-defense; disprove beyond a reasonable doubt; manifest weight of the evidence; credibility; other-acts evidence; prejudice; ineffective assistance of trial counsel. | Trapp | Portage |
6/3/2024
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6/3/2024
| 2024-Ohio-2125 |
State v. Cleveland
| 2023-T-0091 | CRIMINAL LAW - manifest weight; ineffective assistance of counsel; improperly admitted evidence; Evid.R. 803(6), authentication, de novo standard of review; error was not harmless; reversed and remanded. | Patton | Trumbull |
6/3/2024
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6/3/2024
| 2024-Ohio-2126 |
State v. Williams
| 2023-T-0096 | CRIMINAL LAW - community control sanctions; consecutive prison terms; consecutive sentencing; R.C. 2953.08(G); R.C. 2929.14(C); required findings to impose consecutive sentences were not made. | Patton | Trumbull |
5/28/2024
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5/28/2024
| 2024-Ohio-2041 |
Dilley v. Dilley
| 2024-G-0005 | DOMESTIC RELATIONS - termination of spousal support; failed to object and/or appeal; res judicata; attempt to relitigate; issues already decided. | Trapp | Geauga |
5/28/2024
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5/28/2024
| 2024-Ohio-2035 |
State v. Dietrich
| 2023-L-117 | CRIMINAL LAW - receiving stolen property; sufficiency of the evidence; manifest weight of the evidence; traffic violations; stop; Home Depot; theft; tools; invalid receipt; defendants left without paying; possession; constructive; circumstantial evidence; knowingly; sufficient, credible evidence to support conviction; sentence not contrary to law. | Lucci | Lake |
5/28/2024
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5/28/2024
| 2024-Ohio-2039 |
State v. Jones
| 2023-T-0095 | CRIMINAL LAW - guilty pleas; Crim.R. 11; plea colloquy; knowing, intelligent, and voluntary; Reagan Tokes Law; indefinite sentence; post-release control; complete failure to comply; prejudice. | Trapp | Trumbull |
5/28/2024
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5/28/2024
| 2024-Ohio-2034 |
State v. Hart
| 2023-A-0070 | CRIMINAL LAW - violating a protection order; R.C. 2919.27; sufficiency of evidence; protection order issued pursuant to R.C. 2903.214; service of protection order; R.C. 2929.27(D); Civ.R. 65.1(C). | Lucci | Ashtabula |
5/28/2024
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5/28/2024
| 2024-Ohio-2037 |
State v. Ward
| 2023-L-092 | CRIMINAL LAW - felony sentencing; R.C. 2953.08(G)(2); consecutive sentences; R.C. 2929.14(C)(4); failure to comply; fleeing immediately after the commission of a felony; R.C. 2921.331; unassigned error. | Lucci | Lake |
5/28/2024
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5/28/2024
| 2024-Ohio-2038 |
Bend-Fast, Inc. v. SBA Monarch Towers III, L.L.C.
| 2023-A-0053 | CIVIL - motion for judgment on the pleadings, Civ.R. 12(C); permanent trespass; continuous trespass; unauthorized, intentional acts; exclusive possession; ongoing control and conduct. | Patton | Ashtabula |
5/28/2024
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5/28/2024
| 2024-Ohio-2036 |
State v. Feidler
| 2023-T-0094 | CRIMINAL LAW - consecutive sentencing; R.C. 2953.08(G); R.C. 2929.14(C); trial court complied with R.C. 2929.14(C); sentences were not contrary to law. | Patton | Trumbull |
5/28/2024
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5/28/2024
| 2024-Ohio-2040 |
State v. Wilmington
| 2024-P-0027 | APPELLATE REVIEW - Untimely appeal; App.R. 4(A)(1); App.R. 5(A); motion fails to advance justifiable and specific reasons for an almost two-year delay in perfecting appeal. | Trapp | Portage |
5/20/2024
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5/20/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1941 |
State v. Washington
| 2023-P-0095 | CRIMINAL - A post-conviction motion to dismiss is a nullity; trial court did not err in denying appellant's post-conviction motions to dismiss. | Eklund | Portage |
5/20/2024
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5/20/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1942 |
State ex rel. Ames v. Portage Cty. Bd. of Commrs.
| 2023-P-0082 | CIVIL - Open Meetings Act; R.C. 121.22; denial of summary judgment; subsequent trial; moot or harmless; pure question of law; bench trial; notice rule; reasonableness; executive sessions; permitted purposes; laundry list; presumption of regularity; burden of proof; licensee or regulated individual; non-statutory reasons; harmless violations; full and accurate meeting minutes; true intent. | Trapp | Portage |
5/13/2024
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5/13/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1852 |
State v. Ballish
| 2023-G-0044 | CRIMINAL LAW - misdemeanor sentencing; community control; probation; nonresidential community control sanctions; R.C. 2929.27; drug and alcohol use monitoring; goals of community control are rehabilitation, administering justice, and ensuring good behavior; community control condition must have some relationship to the crime of which the offender was convicted. | Lucci | Geauga |
5/13/2024
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5/13/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1855 |
State v. Goldner
| 2023-T-0071 | CRIMINAL LAW - failure to comply with an order or signal of a police officer; sufficiency of the evidence; identity; circumstantial evidence; manifest weight of the evidence; mistrial; courtroom outburst; invited error; prejudice; cumulative error. | Trapp | Trumbull |
5/13/2024
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5/13/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1854 |
State ex rel. Chester v. Booth
| 2023-T-0079 | EXTRAORDINARY WRITS - petition for writ of mandamus; public records request; request for kites; insufficient funds in account; respondent hand-delivered once funds sufficient; affidavit; R.C. 2969.25(A); R.C. 2969.25(C); mandatory requirements; fail to comply; statutory damages denied. | Per Curiam | Trumbull |
5/13/2024
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5/13/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1858 |
State v. Requel
| 2023-T-0062 | CRIMINAL LAW - motion to dismiss appointed counsel; duty to inquire; ineffective assistance; specificity of complaints; breakdown in commination; prejudice; overwhelming evidence of guilt. | Trapp | Trumbull |
5/13/2024
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5/13/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1853 |
Snyder v. Leroy Twp. Bd. of Zoning Appeals
| 2023-L-101 | ZONING - administrative appeal; township zoning restrictions; R.C. 2506.04; court of appeals review limited to questions of law; abuse of discretion; area variance; practical difficulties test; whether area restriction unreasonably deprives property owner of a permitted use of property; Duncan factors. | Lucci | Lake |
5/13/2024
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5/13/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1856 |
Jones v. Russell
| 2023-P-0100 | CIVIL - magistrate’s decision; Civ.R. 53; judgment issued day prior to filing of magistrate’s decision; appellant’s duty to provide a transcript for appellate review; arbitration agreement; motion to dismiss; Civ.R. 12(B)(1); subject matter jurisdiction; Civ.R. 12(B)(6); failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted; Civ.R. 12(B)(6) movant may not rely on allegations or evidence outside the complaint unless court converts the motion to a motion for summary judgment; stay pending arbitration. | Lucci | Portage |
5/13/2024
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5/13/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1857 |
State v. Francis
| 2023-T-0089 | CRIMINAL - motion to vacate; void judgment; plea colloquy; no contest; Crim.R. 11(B)(2); res judicata. | Lynch | Trumbull |
5/6/2024
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5/6/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1746 |
State v. Tinker
| 2023-A-0068 | CRIMINAL - Gross Abuse of a Corpse; Obstructing Justice; Tampering with Evidence; consecutive sentence; R.C. 2929.14(C)(4); course of conduct; proportionality; seriousness of conduct; criminal record; lack of remorse | Lynch | Ashtabula |
5/6/2024
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5/6/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1740 |
Requa v. Conneaut City Aud.
| 2023-A-0067 | CIVIL - The Unemployment Compensation Review Commission; administrative appeal to the court of common pleas; R.C. 4141.281(D)(5); Ohio Adm.Code 4146–25–01; request for review; R.C. 4141.281(D)(6); appellee's nonappearance at unemployment compensation hearing. | Eklund | Ashtabula |
5/6/2024
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5/6/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1738 |
State v. Heltzel
| 2023-T-0088 | CRIMINAL - not guilty by reason of insanity; commitment to mental health facility; least restrictive alternative; conditional release; nonsecured status; R.C. 2945.401(E); threat to public safety; past history; history of noncompliance; burden of proof on prosecutor; abuse of discretion; Equal Protection | Lynch | Trumbull |
5/6/2024
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5/6/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1742 |
Harris v. City of Kirtland, Inc.
| 2024-L-033 | APPELLATE REVIEW - trial court judgment can only be reviewed on appeal if it constitutes a final order pursuant to R.C. 2505.02 and Civ.R. 54(B); multiple claims and parties remain pending; interlocutory order; no mandatory language that there is no just reason for delay; lack of a final and appealable order. | Lynch | Lake |
5/6/2024
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5/6/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1743 |
Elser v. Johnson
| 2023-T-0081 | CIVIL - municipal court; breach of contract; fraud; business owner; electrical improvements; electrician; defendant not bonded or licensed in Ohio; plaintiff aware of defendant's qualifications; trial court in best position to adjudicate credibility of witnesses; judgment not against the manifest weight of the evidence. | Lucci | Trumbull |
5/6/2024
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5/6/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1745 |
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