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State v. Purdy

1-25-31

Sex Offender Classification; Megan’s Law; Sexual Predator; Manifest Weight of the Evidence; Likelihood of Recidivism; Former R.C. 2950.09. The trial court's sexual predator classification is not against the manifest weight of the evidence.

Zimmerman

Allen

8/17/2026

2026-Ohio-3158

State v. Clapsaddle

6-26-11

Petition for Postconviction Relief; R.C. 2953.21; Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Substantive Grounds for Relief. The trial court did not abuse its discretion by denying the defendant-appellant’s petition for postconviction relief without a hearing. The trial court properly considered the entirety of the record, including the proffered evidence outside the record consisting of sworn affidavits related to the defendant-appellant’s claim of ineffective assistance of counsel, and determined that the affidavits lacked credibility.

Zimmerman

Hardin

8/17/2026

2026-Ohio-3161

Gottschalk v. Kelley

2-25-14

Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Civ.R. 12(C); Statute of Repose; Article II, Section 28; Retroactivity. If a statute of repose is passed after a claim has vested or accrued, the operation of the statute of repose on that claim is not unconstitutionally retroactive under the Ohio Constitution where the claimant had a reasonable time in which to file his or her action. In this analysis, the point at which the discovery rule was triggered provides the reference point for determining whether the claimant had a reasonable time in which to file his or her cause of action if the claim is of a type for which the discovery rule is used to determine when the statute of limitations began to run.

Willamowski

Auglaize

8/17/2026

2026-Ohio-3159

State v. Kaman

2-26-01

Complicity to Violating a Protection Order; R.C. 2923.03(A)(2); R.C. 2919.27(A)(2); Motion to Dismiss; Protected Person Immunity. The trial court did not err by granting the defendant-appellee’s motion to dismiss because a protected person of a protection order is immune from prosecution for complicity to violate that order under State v. Lucas, and this immunity applies even when the protected person facilitates the restrained party's contact with additional protected persons named in the order.

Zimmerman

Auglaize

8/17/2026

2026-Ohio-3160

State v. Short

11-25-12

Manifest Weight; Waiver of Counsel; Misdemeanor Sentencing. The record demonstrated that defendant knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently waived his right to counsel in misdemeanor bench trial. Conviction for violating a protection order was not against the weight of the evidence.

Waldick

Paulding

8/10/2026

2026-Ohio-3063

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