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| Case Caption | Case No. | Topics and Issues | Author | Citation / County | Decided | Posted | WebCite |
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Gen. Auto Ins., Co., Inc. v. Lehman
| 2024-A-0066 | CIVIL LAW - declaratory judgment; summary judgment; Civ.R. 56; contracts; ambiguity; exclusion of the word 'expired' from contract’s exclusions did not create ambiguity and was not against public policy. | Patton | Ashtabula |
3/24/2025
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3/24/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1015 |
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State v. Peoples
| 2024-A-0070 | CRIMINAL LAW - sentencing; R.C. 2953.08(G); failure to comply; R.C. 2921.331(C)(5)(b); additional sentencing factors; presentence investigation; sentence was not contrary to law. | Patton | Ashtabula |
3/24/2025
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3/24/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1016 |
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State ex rel. Weir v. Camplese
| 2024-A-0100 | EXTRAORDINARY WRIT - petition for procedendo; improper case caption; not entitled to a writ of procedendo; adequate remedy at law; no evidence of filing in lower court. | Per Curiam | Ashtabula |
3/24/2025
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3/24/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1017 |
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State v. Ellis
| 2024-L-061 | CRIMINAL - Possession of Drugs; R.C. 225.11; warrantless search; motion to suppress search; third-party consent; voluntariness of consent; automobile exception; odor of marijuana. | Eklund | Lake |
3/24/2025
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3/24/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1014 |
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State v. Alston
| 2024-L-062 | CRIMINAL LAW - sentencing; failure to comply; R.C. 2921.331; prior conviction; mandatory lifetime driver's license suspension; Eighth Amendment; cruel and unusual punishment; constitutional; lifetime driver's license suspension is not disproportionate. | Patton | Lake |
3/24/2025
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3/24/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1018 |
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State v. Nixon
| 2024-P-0050 | POSTCONVICTION RELIEF - due process violations; doctrine of res judicata; ineffective assistance of counsel; sufficient operative facts; evidentiary documents; findings of fact and conclusions of law; leave to amend petition; abuse of discretion. | M. Lynch | Portage |
3/24/2025
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3/24/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1019 |
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State v. Snodgrass
| 2024-T-0087 | CRIMINAL - Violating a Protection Order; R.C. 2919.27; sufficiency of the evidence; manifest weight of the evidence; recklessness; R.C. 2901.22(C); ineffective assistance of counsel; trial strategy | S. Lynch | Trumbull |
3/24/2025
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3/24/2025
| 2025-Ohio-1020 |
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Ohio Valley Mall Co. v. Dreamz Come True, L.L.C.
| 2024-T-0071 | CIVIL - summary judgment; breach of contract; equitable estoppel; genuine issue of material fact; no-oral modification provision; waiver; subsequent conduct; detrimental reliance; reasonableness. | Eklund | Trumbull |
3/17/2025
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3/17/2025
| 2025-Ohio-888 |
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State ex rel. Sultaana v. Trumbull Corr. Inst.
| 2024-T-0074 | EXTRAORDINARY WRITS - complaint for writ of mandamus; public records request; R.C. 149.43; documents relating to an alleged assault in correctional facility; petitioner's son; statutory damages sought; video documentation; default judgment inappropriate; service; motions for summary judgment; evidence of compliance with requests; evidentiary quality materials; records custodian not required to create new records or documents; complaint denied; petitioner not entitled to statutory damages. | Per Curiam | Trumbull |
3/17/2025
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3/17/2025
| 2025-Ohio-893 |
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State v. Wilcox
| 2024-P-0022 | CRIMINAL LAW - felonious assault; fight with neighbors; notice of intent to assert affirmative defense of self-defense; speedy trial; statutory right; R.C. 2945.71; 270 days; triple count; tolling provisions; defendant did not respond to reciprocal discovery order or the state's motion; other tolling events; untimely notice; Crim.R. 12.2; R.C. 2945.72(E); no statutory violation; no constitutional speedy-trial violation. | Lucci | Portage |
3/17/2025
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3/17/2025
| 2025-Ohio-891 |
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State v. Turner
| 2024-P-0044 | CRIMINAL LAW - aggravated possession of drugs; indictment issued over two and one-half years after stop and two years after results of testing were received; dash cam video evidence destroyed; no ability to review and challenge stop; motion to dismiss; preindictment delay; must demonstrate actual prejudice; appellant elucidated basis for prejudice; dismissal affirmed. | Lucci | Portage |
3/17/2025
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3/17/2025
| 2025-Ohio-892 |
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State v. Johnson
| 2024-L-053 & 2024-L-054 | CRIMINAL LAW - Fourth Amendment; suppression of evidence; traffic stop; canine sniff; sufficient evidence; manifest weight of the evidence; improperly handling firearm in motor vehicle; having weapon while under disability; constructive possession; possession of cocaine; knowingly. | Lucci | Lake |
3/17/2025
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3/17/2025
| 2025-Ohio-890 |
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L. Bryan Carr Co., LPA v. LaForge
| 2024-G-0035 | FINAL APPEALABLE ORDER - foreclosure; R.C. 2505.02(B); Civ.R. 54; each party's rights and responsibilities; validity and priority of liens; nunc pro tunc; clerical errors; legal nullity. | M. Lynch | Geauga |
3/17/2025
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3/17/2025
| 2025-Ohio-889 |
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Kozlowski v. Geothermal Professionals Ltd.
| 2024-G-0038 | CIVIL – motion to dismiss; Civ.R. 12(C); compulsory counterclaim; logical relation test; Civ.R. 13(A); small claims court; contract and tort claims | S. Lynch | Geauga |
3/10/2025
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3/10/2025
| 2025-Ohio-810 |
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Cambridge Village Condominium Owners' Assn. v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co.
| 2024-L-063 | CIVIL - insurance; breach of contract; property damage; plain error; jury instruction; waiver; manifest weight of the evidence; policy period; dates of coverage. | Lucci | Lake |
3/10/2025
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3/10/2025
| 2025-Ohio-802 |
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Groves-Campbell v. Waytes
| 2025-L-007 | APPELLATE REVIEW - App.R. 4(A); thirty-day rule; Civ.R. 58(B); untimely appeal. | M. Lynch | Lake |
3/10/2025
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3/10/2025
| 2025-Ohio-805 |
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Ashtabula Cty. Med. Ctr. v. Porter
| 2024-A-0067 | CIVIL - money damages; medical debts; R.C. 3103.03; Ohio's "necessaries statute"; summary judgment; statutory right to pursue non-debtor spouse; encourage third parties to provide essential items and services; primary debtor able to pay debt; if unable to pay; spouse's liability may be considered; no justiciable issue; separate case; judicial notice; cannot conclude case is analogous; refile; within relevant statute of limitations. | Lucci | Ashtabula |
3/10/2025
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3/10/2025
| 2025-Ohio-803 |
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In re J.H.
| 2024-A-0087, 2024-A-0088, 2024-A-0089, 2024-A-0090, 2024-A-0091 | JUVENILE - termination of parental rights; permanent custody; Indian Child Welfare Act; 25 U.S.C. 1911(b); child-custody proceeding; 25 C.F.R. 23.2; best interests of the child; R.C. 2151.414; relative placement | M. Lynch | Ashtabula |
3/10/2025
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3/10/2025
| 2025-Ohio-811 |
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State v. Evans
| 2024-P-0059 | CRIMINAL LAW - attempted aggravated menacing; guilty plea; Crim.R. 11; petty offense; knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily entered; no ineffective assistance of counsel; misdemeanor sentence; R.C. 2929.21(A); relevant statutory factors; lenient sentence; no error. | Lucci | Portage |
3/10/2025
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3/10/2025
| 2025-Ohio-801 |
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State v. Mitchell
| 2024-P-0047 & 2024-P-0051 | CRIMINAL - Gross Sexual Imposition; Burglary; res judicata; law of the case; voidable; final order; speedy trial; indictment | S. Lynch | Portage |
3/10/2025
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3/10/2025
| 2025-Ohio-809 |
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State v. Russell
| 2024-P-0018 | CRIMINAL - Sufficiency of the Evidence; manifest weight of the evidence; Felonious Assault; R.C. 2903.11; Discharge of a Firearm On or Near Prohibited Premises; R.C. 2923.162; Improperly Handling Firearms in a Motor Vehicle; R.C. 2923.16; and Obstructing Official Business, a fifth-degree felony in violation of R.C. 2921.31. | Eklund | Portage |
3/10/2025
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3/10/2025
| 2025-Ohio-813 |
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Calderone v. Baird
| 2024-T-0067 | CIVIL - unjust enrichment; benefit conferred; recipient’s knowledge of benefit; reasonable excuse for failing to provide recipient opportunity to decline benefit. | Lucci | Trumbull |
3/10/2025
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3/10/2025
| 2025-Ohio-799 |
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Calderone v. Duebelt
| 2024-T-0066 | CIVIL - breach of contract; oral agreement; manifest weight of the evidence; finder of fact is in the best position to judge credibility of witnesses; motion for directed verdict; Civ.R. 50(A)(4); R.C. 1335.05; statute of frauds; requirement that contract not to be performed within one year must be in writing is literally and narrowly construed. | Lucci | Trumbull |
3/10/2025
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3/10/2025
| 2025-Ohio-800 |
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State v. Scott
| 2024-T-0088 | CRIMINAL - guilty plea; maximum penalty; Crim.R. 11(C)(2)(a); knowing, intelligent and voluntary; presumption of prison; prejudice; mandatory fine; community control violation; maximum sentences; consecutive sentences; proportionality findings; postrelease control advisement; ineffective assistance of counsel; merger; allied offenses of similar import; affidavit of indigency | S. Lynch | Trumbull |
3/10/2025
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3/10/2025
| 2025-Ohio-806 |
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Bockelman v. Griffin
| 2024-T-0059 | CIVIL - fraudulent inducement; residential real property disclosure form; R.C. 5302.30; failure to disclose pending sewer assessment; latent defect; caveat emptor; justifiable reliance; motion to file transcript of magistrate's hearing; Civ.R. 53(D)(3)(b)(iii); motion for judgment on the pleadings; motion not ruled on before final judgment is deemed denied. | M. Lynch | Trumbull |
3/10/2025
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3/10/2025
| 2025-Ohio-807 |
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State v. Gaetan
| 2024-T-0022 | CRIMINAL LAW - prosecutorial misconduct; opening statements; closing arguments; cross-examination of the defendant; guilt; R.C. 2907.02(D); rape-shield law; R.C. 2945.59; Evid.R. 404(B); Evid.R. 608(B); defendant's prior sexual history; witness credibility; golden rule; comments did not compromise appellant's right to a fair trial; admission of evidence; abuse of discretion; other acts; testimony elicited by party; invited error; Evid.R. 807; child victim testimony; out of court statements; victim testified at trial; Evid.R. 803(4); expert testimony; Crim.R. 16(K); scope of testimony; duplicative testimony; ineffective assistance of counsel; sufficiency of evidence; rape; sexual conduct; cunnilingus. | Patton | Trumbull |
3/10/2025
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3/10/2025
| 2025-Ohio-808 |
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Fisher v. United Ohio Ins. Co.
| 2024-T-0069 | CIVIL - summary judgment; commercial automobile insurance policy; underinsured motorist coverage; nonmotorized scooters; occupying a covered auto; ambiguity; rules of contract construction; auto medical payments coverage; pedestrian. | Eklund | Trumbull |
3/10/2025
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3/10/2025
| 2025-Ohio-812 |
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State v. Wagner
| 2021-L-101 | CRIMINAL - Crim.R. 16; failure to disclose exculpatory evidence; evidence discovered during trial; discovery; unfair surprise; violation not willful; continuance must be sought; used failure to submit evidence for testing as trial strategy. | Lynch | Lake |
3/3/2025
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3/3/2025
| 2025-Ohio-707 |
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State v. Griggs
| 2024-L-046 | CRIMINAL LAW - motion for leave to file motion for new trial; Crim.R. 33(B); unavoidably prevented; Brady v. Maryland; abuse of discretion; untimely; cell phone records; photo lineup; evidence was available at trial; appellant was not unavoidably prevented from discovering the evidence. | Patton | Lake |
3/3/2025
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3/3/2025
| 2025-Ohio-708 |
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Butorac v. Osmic
| 2024-L-056 | CIVIL LAW - motion to vacate; abuse of discretion; summary judgment; due process; jury trial; calculation of damages; amount awarded by another county not in dispute. | Patton | Lake |
3/3/2025
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3/3/2025
| 2025-Ohio-709 |
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State v. Jackson
| 2024-L-060 | APPELLATE REVIEW - untimely appeal; App.R. 4(A)(1); App.R. 4(A)(3); postconviction proceedings; thirty-day rule; lack of jurisdiction. | Lynch | Lake |
2/24/2025
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2/24/2025
| 2025-Ohio-605 |
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State v. Isom
| 2024-T-0043 | CRIMINAL – Felonious Assault; R.C. 2903.11; Other-acts evidence; Evid.R. 404; Evid.R. 403; R.C. 2945.59; witness intimidation constitutes other-acts evidence that may be relevant for non-propensity purposes; ineffective assistance of counsel; sufficiency of the evidence; manifest weight of the evidence; prosecutorial misconduct; prosecutor’s statements during examination did not amount testimony in place of witness. | Eklund | Trumbull |
2/24/2025
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2/24/2025
| 2025-Ohio-604 |
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Maras v. Girard
| 2024-T-0065 | CIVIL - negligence; summary judgment; failure to keep roads in repair and free of obstruction; political subdivision immunity; exceptions to immunity; R.C. 2744.02(B); ordinary traffic on regularly traveled portion of the road; all terrain vehicle. | Lynch | Trumbull |
2/24/2025
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2/24/2025
| 2025-Ohio-608 |
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Auto Loan, Inc. v. Sisler
| 2024-P-0043 | CIVIL - subject matter jurisdiction; municipal courts; small claims division; R.C. 1925.01(A); claim brought by an assignee; transfer to general division; R.C. 1935.10(A); substantive/remedial statutory amendments; retroactive; law of the case. | Lynch | Portage |
2/24/2025
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2/24/2025
| 2025-Ohio-606 |
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Smith v. Partlow
| 2024-P-0058 | CIVIL - case dismissed with prejudice; Civ.R. 58(B); notice of the judgment; App.R. 4(A)(1); untimely appeal; Local Rule 3(C)(2); failure to attach a copy of the judgment entry to the notice of appeal is not a jurisdictional defect; Civ.R. 60(B); motion for relief from judgment; not a substitute for a timely appeal. | Lynch | Portage |
2/24/2025
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2/24/2025
| 2025-Ohio-607 |
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State v. Perez
| 2024-P-0015 | CRIMINAL – Rape; R.C. 2907.02; Gross Sexual Imposition; R.C. 2907.05; Fifth Amendment; self-incrimination; voluntary confession; custodial interrogation; prosecutorial misconduct; effective assistance of counsel; plain error. | Eklund | Portage |
2/18/2025
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2/18/2025
| 2025-Ohio-509 |
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State v. Reuschling
| 2024-P-0045 | CRIMINAL LAW - Fourth Amendment; suppression of evidence; traffic stop; canine sniff; reasonable and articulable suspicion; prolong stop; impairment; field sobriety tests. | Lucci | Portage |
2/18/2025
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2/18/2025
| 2025-Ohio-516 |
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In re M.E.B.
| 2025-T-0003 | APPELLATE REVIEW - App.R. 4(A); thirty-day rule; Civ.R. 58(B); untimely appeal. | Lucci | Trumbull |
2/18/2025
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2/18/2025
| 2025-Ohio-512 |
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Dukuzumuremyi v. Martin
| 2024-L-047 | CIVIL - bench trial; replevin; dog ownership; sales receipt; R.C. 955.11; manifest weight of the evidence; credibility of witnesses; breach of contract; damages summary; Evid.R. 1006; conversion; circumstantial evidence; inference. | Eklund | Lake |
2/18/2025
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2/18/2025
| 2025-Ohio-508 |
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In re Estate of Andolsek
| 2024-L-055 | PROBATE - decedent's estate; assignments of error; App.R. 12(A) and 16(A); partial account; exceptions; R.C. 2109.33; App.R. 9 statement. | Lynch | Lake |
2/18/2025
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2/18/2025
| 2025-Ohio-511 |
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State v. Watson
| 2024-L-026 | CRIMINAL LAW - plea of no contest; felonious assault on a peace officer; first-degree felony; not guilty by reason of insanity; two separate evaluations offered; defendant's refusal; mandatory, indefinite sentence; R.C. 2929.13(F)(6); prior conviction; felony of the second degree; different state; substantially equivalent conviction; qualifying offense requiring mandatory term; not inconsistent with R.C. 2929.13(F)(4); prior conviction did not raise degree of offense; only enhanced penalty; not required to be charged in indictment; no abuse of discretion in denying continuance; trial court not obligated to advise defendant he could have an independent expert evaluation; dehors the record; no ineffective assistance of counsel. | Lucci | Lake |
2/18/2025
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2/18/2025
| 2025-Ohio-515 |
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Perkins v. Perkins
| 2024-G-0050 | APPELLATE REVIEW - Merely adopting magistrate's decision is not a final appealable order; trial court needs separate and distinct order. | Patton | Geauga |
2/18/2025
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2/18/2025
| 2025-Ohio-510 |
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State v. Coleman
| 2024-A-0040 | CRIMINAL LAW - murder; discharge of a firearm on or near prohibited premises; improperly handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle; firearm specifications; defendant testified on his own behalf; improper questioning by the state; open the door; objection; purpose is to rebut false impressions; improper propensity evidence; error; objection should have been sustained; harmless error; jury instruction; no duty to retreat; stand your ground; read together, aggrieved instruction did not affect outcome; no prejudicial error. | Lucci | Ashtabula |
2/18/2025
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2/18/2025
| 2025-Ohio-513 |
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State v. Simmons
| 2024-A-0041 | CRIMINAL LAW - guilty plea; involuntary manslaughter; Anders v. California, sentence valid; plea entered knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily; motion for appellate counsel to withdraw granted; judgment affirmed. | Lucci | Ashtabula |
2/18/2025
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2/18/2025
| 2025-Ohio-514 |
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State v. Barefield
| 2024-A-0047 | CRIMINAL LAW - domestic violence; plain error; protection order; relevance; danger of unfair prejudice; Evid.R. 401, 402, 403; res gestae; credibility; corroborating evidence; prosecutor misconduct; personal opinion; juror sympathy; lay opinion; Evid.R. 701; primary aggressor; ultimate issue; Evid.R. 704; ineffective assistance of counsel; other-acts evidence; Evid.R. 404(B); limiting instruction; cumulative error. | Eklund | Ashtabula |
2/10/2025
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2/11/2025
| 2025-Ohio-433 |
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State v. Walker
| 2024-A-0068 | CRIMINAL LAW - abuse of discretion; misdemeanor sentencing; R.C. 2929.21; R.C. 2929.22; maximum sentence; presumption trial court considered applicable statutory factors. | Lucci | Ashtabula |
2/10/2025
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2/11/2025
| 2025-Ohio-436 |
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Dilley v. Davis Auto Group, Inc.
| 2024-G-0034 | CIVIL LAW – motion to compel arbitration; validity of arbitration clause; R.C. 2711.033(A); motion to compel arbitration without an oral hearing; denial of a request to amend complaint. | Patton | Geauga |
2/10/2025
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2/11/2025
| 2025-Ohio-432 |
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Cleveland Skydiving Ctr., Inc. v. Troy Twp. Bd. of Zoning Appeals
| 2024-G-0044 | JURISDICTION - appeal; judgment filed in April 2023; issue affirmed; trial court remanded matter; separate issue not addressed by the board of zoning appeals; no appeal from April 2023 judgment within 30 days; untimely appeal; dismissed. | Lucci | Geauga |
2/10/2025
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2/11/2025
| 2025-Ohio-435 |
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State v. Harnish
| 2024-L-045 | CRIMINAL LAW - R.C. 2953.08(G); R.C. 2929.14(C)(4); sentencing; contrary to law; consecutive sentences; trial court made the required findings; overlap between R.C. 2929.14(C) finding and a finding under R.C. 2929.14(C)(4)(b); trial court's findings may be applicable to more than one statutory requirement. | Patton | Lake |
2/10/2025
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2/11/2025
| 2025-Ohio-431 |
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Rucker v. State
| 2025-P-0001 | ORIGINAL ACTION - motion for extraordinary relief; failure to invoke original jurisdiction; Civ.R. 3(A); cause dismissed. | Lynch | Portage |
2/10/2025
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2/11/2025
| 2025-Ohio-434 |
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