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| Case Caption | Case No. | Topics and Issues | Author | Citation / County | Decided | Posted | WebCite |
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In re T.F.
| 25CA704 | motion for contempt; motion for sanctions; no-contact order; standing; Civ.R. 52; App.R. 16(A)(7) | Hess | Vinton |
11/25/2025
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12/2/2025
| 2025-Ohio-5384 |
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State v. Burns
| 25CA7 | Appellant's aggravated drug trafficking conviction not against the manifest weight of the evidence. | Abele | Highland |
11/25/2025
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12/5/2025
| 2025-Ohio-5442 |
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Robson v. Mason
| 25CA706 | R.C. 2903.214, civil stalking protection order, factual findings, due process, res judicata, consent, motion to vacate, waiver | Hess | Vinton |
11/25/2025
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12/2/2025
| 2025-Ohio-5385 |
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State v. Haughn
| 24CA15 | Appellant's conviction is not against the manifest weight of the evidence; trial court did not commit plain error when it omitted an instruction regarding the statutory definition of "menacing fashion," and ineffective assistance of counsel assignment of error was moot. | Abele | Ross |
11/25/2025
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12/3/2025
| 2025-Ohio-5405 |
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State v. Akers
| 23CA10 | CRIMINAL-STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR FELONY OFFENSES, R.C. 2901.13(F)-INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL - State did not exercise reasonable diligence in commencing prosecution where warrant was issued pursuant to Crim.R. 4(D) in March 2018; attempt to serve was not made at appellant's last known address but instead at address where law enforcement authorities told appellant to leave; record contains no evidence appellant attempted to hide himself or otherwise attempted to avoid prosecution; and indictment and summons was not served until March 2023; trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance of counsel by failing to file motion to dismiss indictment based on failure to commence prosecution within the applicable limitations period. | Pur Curiam | Meigs |
11/25/2025
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12/4/2025
| 2025-Ohio-5409 |
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State v. Dillon
| 25CA3 | Appellant's sentence fell within the statutory range and trial court properly considered the R.C. 2929.11 sentencing principles and the R.C. 2929.12 seriousness and recidivism factors. | Abele | Pickaway |
11/24/2025
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12/2/2025
| 2025-Ohio-5394 |
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State v. Reynolds
| 25CA1209 | Appellant had the burden to object to the verdict form in this case; appellant failed to meet his burden to establish plain error; appellant failed to demonstrate that insufficient evidence supported his conviction and his conviction is contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence. | Abele | Adams |
11/24/2025
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12/4/2025
| 2025-Ohio-5424 |
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State v. Burchett
| 24CA6 | Defendant's admission constituted proof of prior operating a vehicle impaired ("OVI") convictions. | Abele | Lawrence |
11/21/2025
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12/5/2025
| 2025-Ohio-5444 |
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In re J.Y.
| 24CA8 | JUVENILE-CRIM.R. 16(L)(1) - The trial court did not violate Crim.R. 16(L)(1) or otherwise abuse its discretion in dismissing the case with prejudice upon being notified midway through the adjudication hearing that the State had violated its discovery obligations by failing to provide the defense with material and potentially exculpatory evidence. | Smith | Meigs |
11/19/2025
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11/25/2025
| 2025-Ohio-5308 |
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State v. Brummett
| 24CA15 | CRIMINAL-RAPE-SEXUAL CONDUCT - Appellant's conviction for rape was supported by sufficient evidence and was not against the manifest weight of the evidence, based upon established case law stating that penetration was not required in order to complete the act of cunnilingus, which constitutes sexual conduct for purposes of rape; the trial court's failure to make the findings required before imposing consecutive sentences rendered the appellant's consecutive sentences contrary to law. | Smith | Highland |
11/19/2025
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11/25/2025
| 2025-Ohio-5307 |
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State v. Purtee
| 25CA1220 | guilty plea; plea colloquy; constitutional rights; strict compliance; plea invalid; Crim.R. 11(C)(2)(c) | Hess | Adams |
11/17/2025
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11/21/2025
| 2025-Ohio-5257 |
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State v. Blair
| 24CA4104 | court record, public access, Sup.R. 45(E), Sup.R. 45(F) | Hess | Scioto |
11/12/2025
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11/18/2025
| 2025-Ohio-5199 |
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State v. Sheets
| 23CA4055 | CRIMINAL-INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER - Trial court did not err where there was sufficient evidence that defendant was in possession of fentanyl that caused the death of child victim and the convictions were not against the weight of the evidence. | Smith | Scioto |
11/5/2025
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11/13/2025
| 2025-Ohio-5158 |
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Molnar v. Molnar
| 24CA5 | Divorce; marital and separate property; equitable division of property; courts have broad discretion to divide marital property; failure to comply statutory mandates regarding division of marital property is per se an abuse of discretion; duration of the marriage is critical in distinguishing marital, separate, and post-separation assets and liabilities, and determining appropriate dates for valuation; former R.C. 3103.06 did not prevent one spouses loaning money to the other | Wilkin | Meigs |
11/5/2025
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11/12/2025
| 2025-Ohio-5114 |
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State v. Miller
| 24CA19 | Possession of drugs; community control sanction; violate community control; ineffective assistance of counsel; counsel’s failure to present mitigating evidence at the revocation hearing; prison term | Wilkin | Lawrence |
11/5/2025
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11/12/2025
| 2025-Ohio-5113 |
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In re C.F.
| 25CA4144 | dependent child; best interest of the child; permanent custody; trial continuance; abuse of discretion; manifest weight of the evidence | Hess | Scioto |
10/30/2025
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11/4/2025
| 2025-Ohio-5015 |
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State v. Short
| 24CA17 | sufficient evidence; manifest weight of the evidence; burglary; kidnapping; complicity; aid or abet; merger; R.C. 2941.25; R.C. 2953.08; R.C. 2929.11; consecutive sentences; R.C. 2929.14(C)(4) | Hess | Lawrence |
10/30/2025
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11/4/2025
| 2025-Ohio-5014 |
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Dwivedi v. Ojha
| 24CA32 | Marital property, separate property, abuse of discretion, manifest weight of the evidence, Indian custom, wedding jewelry, wedding customs, Indian currency | Wilkin | Athens |
10/28/2025
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11/5/2025
| 2025-Ohio-5036 |
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State v. Banks
| 24CA4088 | Trial court did not err when it denied motion to suppress evidence. | Abele | Scioto |
10/28/2025
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11/7/2025
| 2025-Ohio-5082 |
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In re A.N.D.
| 24CA4089 | Subject matter jurisdiction of the juvenile court, de novo, R.C. 2151.23, R.C. Chapter 3127, Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Enforcement Act, ("UCCJEA"), R.C. 3127.15, home state jurisdiction, significant-connection jurisdiction, jurisdiction because of declination of jurisdiction, default jurisdiction | Wilkin | Scioto |
10/28/2025
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11/17/2025
| 2025-Ohio-5184 |
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State v. Wyke
| 24CA10 & 24CA11 | CRIMINAL-CRIM.R. 32-PLEA WITHDRAWAL - Where appellant expected that the trial court was not likely to consider itself bound by parties' plea agreement due to defendant's failure to appear at original sentencing hearing, failed to file a formal motion within a reasonable time frame but instead verbally requested withdrawal moments prior to sentencing, along with appellant's lack of a complete defense to the charges and where record reflects that appellant received a full Crim.R. 11 hearing, trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying appellant's motion to withdraw his guilty pleas which constituted, at best, a change of heart. | Smith | Ross |
10/28/2025
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11/3/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4990 |
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State v. Maynard
| 23CA4048 | R.C. 2925.03(A)(2); Aggravated trafficking in drugs; Trafficking in a fentanyl-related compound; Motion for mistrial; Other acts - warrant; Evid.R. 404(B) - warrant; Manifest weight; Sufficiency of Evidence | Wilkin | Scioto |
10/21/2025
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10/29/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4943 |
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Stealey v. Belpre City School Dist.
| 25CA18 | Summary judgment; political subdivision immunity; R.C. 28744.02(B)(4); physical defect | Hess | Washington |
10/17/2025
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10/27/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4899 |
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State v. Robertson
| 25CA10 | failure to comply; R.C. 2921.331; verdict form; sufficiency of the evidence; manifest weight of the evidence; R.C. 2945.75 | Hess | Lawrence |
10/17/2025
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11/6/2025
| 2025-Ohio-5039 |
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In re I.R.M.
| 25CA28 | wavier of right to counsel; juvenile; counseled by parents; Juv.R. 29(D); Juv.R. 29(B); totality of the circumstances; involuntary admission | Hess | Washington |
10/17/2025
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10/27/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4900 |
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State v. Blair
| 24CA4077 | R.C. 2981.04(E)(1); 30-day deadline; automatic bankruptcy stay | Hess | Scioto |
10/17/2025
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10/27/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4898 |
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State v. Dotson
| 24CA24 | Murder; voluntarily manslaughter; unclassified felony; first-degree felony; guilty plea; maximum penalty notification; substantial compliance; complete failure to notify defendant of postrelease control; contract law principles; plea vacated; Crim.R. 11(C); R.C. 2929.14(D)(1); R.C. 2967.28(B)(2) | Wilkin | Pickaway |
10/16/2025
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10/29/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4941 |
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State v. Harris
| 25CA4 | Criminal law-Final order-R.C. 2941.32-Multiple indictments-Trial court's judgment of conviction and sentence regarding three offenses contained in a subsequent indictment was not a final order when the trial court had not otherwise resolved an offense charged in an earlier indictment-The subsequent indictment did not nullify the first indictment-Appeal dismissed.l | Abele | Ross |
10/16/2025
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10/28/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4927 |
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In re K.P.
| 25CA18 | Legal custody—Ineffective assistance of counsel—Appellant failed to establish that trial counsel did not provide the effective assistance of counsel—Judgment affirmed | Wilkin | Ross |
10/16/2025
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10/29/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4942 |
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State v. Morrison
| 25CA1214 | CRIMINAL-CIV.R. 60(B)-PETITION FOR POSTCONVICTION RELIEF - Appellant's Civ.R. 60(B) motion, recast as a petition for postconviction relief, was untimely and barred by res judicata. | Smith | Adams |
10/16/2025
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10/28/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4937 |
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Simmers v. Dennison
| 24CA1196 | SCRIVENER'S ERROR - Trial court's judgment that appellees intended to purchase and appellant intended to sell five parcels of real property, and that intent of parties did not change despite scrivener's errors in closing documents, was supported by competent and credible evidence; thus, trial court's order that appellant transfer additional three parcels to appellees was also supported by competent, credible evidence. | Smith | Adams |
10/16/2025
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10/28/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4935 |
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State v. Peeples
| 24CA20 | CRIMINAL-CIV.R. 60(B)-PETITION FOR POSTCONVICTION RELIEF-IMPROPER FORUM - Appellant's Civ.R. 60(B) motion was properly recast as an untimely petition for postconviction relief by the trial court; appellant's claims related to his conditions of confinement and denial of medical care while in custody were not cognizable via a Civ. R. 60(B) motion or a petition for postconviction relief. | Smith | Pickaway |
10/15/2025
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10/28/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4938 |
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State v. Storms
| 24CA7 | CRIMINAL-R.C. 2953.08-APPEAL FROM AGREED SENTENCE-COMMUNITY NOTICE - Because the trial court properly imposed community notice during the sentencing hearing, appellant's agreed sentence was authorized by law and therefore not contrary to law and thus was not reviewable on appeal. | Smith | Jackson |
10/6/2025
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10/14/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4721 |
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State v. Doucoure
| 24CA33 | Guilty pleas; Crim.R. 11(C)(2)(c); Constitutional rights waiver; Plea entered voluntarily, knowingly, and intelligently; Strict compliance; No requirement of prejudice if complete failure to notify of constitutional rights; Right to confront witnesses against him or her | Wilkin | Athens |
10/6/2025
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10/17/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4770 |
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Jai Shree Ganesh, L.L.C. v. Athens Cty. Bd. of Revision
| 24CA24 | Taxation-Real-property tax-2021 Sub.S.B. 57 ("Special COVID-19 Related Complaint Against the Valuation of Real Property") - Decision of the Board of Tax Appeals ("BTA") was reasonable and lawful-BTA acted within its discretion when it found that property owner's appraisal lacked credibility-Property owner did not establish that BTA abused its discretion when weighing the evidence-BTA did not apply different standards among hotel COVID decisions-Decision affirmed. | Abele | Athens |
10/6/2025
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10/10/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4692 |
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State v. Lytle
| 24CA30 | Attempted murder; felonious assault; guilty plea; jointly-recommended sentence; consecutive sentence; indefinite prison term; sentence contrary to law; R.C. 2929.14(A)(2); R.C. 2929.14(C)(4); R.C. 2953.08(D)(1); R.C. 2953.08(G)(2) | Wilkin | Ross |
10/6/2025
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10/13/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4702 |
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U.S. Bank Natl. Assn. v. Johnson
| 24CA6 | CIVIL-R.C. CHAPTER 2711 ARBITRATION-WAIVER - Trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying appellant's motion to compel arbitration and stay proceedings where although appellant listed "claims may be subject to arbitration" in answer to complaint, appellant obtained counsel early in the proceedings, participated in litigation via counsel, and did not request arbitration until two weeks prior to scheduled trial date. | Smith | Pickaway |
10/6/2025
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10/28/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4936 |
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State v. Billiter
| 24CA4095 | Criminal law-Ineffective assistance of counsel-Trial counsel was not ineffective for choosing to limit cross-examination of informants or for deciding to present a succinct closing argument-Right of self-representation-Trial court did not violate appellant's right of self-representation when his request was untimely (i.e., made right before closing arguments)-Sufficient evidence supported appellant's convictions and convictions were not against the manifest weight of the evidence-Audio and video recordings captured appellant selling fentanyl to informants-Judgment affirmed. | Abele | Scioto |
10/6/2025
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10/10/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4693 |
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Darling v. Tribute Contracting & Consultants, L.L.C.
| 24CA1 | summary judgment; political-subdivision immunity; R.C. 2744.02(B)(2); proprietary function; hearsay; Evid.R. 801(D)(2)(d); Evid.R. 701; speculative opinion; proximate cause; water line break | Hess | Lawrence |
10/2/2025
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10/6/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4624 |
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In re A.K.
| 25CA14 | adjudication; abused, neglected, and dependent child; dispositional order; jurisdiction; App.R. 4; motion to reconsider; motion to modify the disposition | Hess | Highland |
10/2/2025
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10/7/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4643 |
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State v. Dearth
| 24CA1195 | Speedy trial; Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution; Article I, Section 10 of the Ohio Constitution; R.C. 2945.71; R.C. 2945.72; manifest-weight-of-the-evidence standard of review applies to the facts; de novo standard of review applies to legal issues; waiver; tolling; misdemeanors must be tried within 90 days; new, additional charges based on same set of facts subject to same limitation as original charge; State v. Adams, 43 Ohio St.3d 67 (1989); State v. Blackburn, 2008-Ohio-1823 | Wilkin | Adams |
9/29/2025
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10/10/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4695 |
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State v. Harsha
| 24CA16 | Felonious assault; use of a vehicle as a deadly weapon; physical harm; second degree felony; manifest weight; sufficiency of the evidence; lay witness testimony as to defendant’s intent; plain error; officer testimony of accident based on surveillance video; ineffective assistance of counsel; counsel’s failure to object to officer testimony as to speed of vehicles; counsel’s failure to object to hearsay statements; counsel’s failure to object to prosecutorial misconduct; golden-rule in closing arguments; harmless error; sentence contrary to law; indefinite prison term notifications; cumulative error; Evid.R. 701; Evid.R. 704; Evid.R. 801; Evid.R. 802; R.C. 2505.02(A)(1); R.C. 2901.01(A)(3); R.C. 2901.22(B); R.C. 2903.11(A)(2); R.C. 2903.11(D); R.C. 2929.19(B)(2)(c); R.C. 2953.08(G)(2)(b) | Wilkin | Ross |
9/29/2025
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10/3/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4611 |
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In re M.G.
| 25CA1216 | PERMANENT CUSTODY - Trial court's judgment placing child in the agency's permanent custody was not against the manifest weight of the evidence - Judgment affirmed. | Smith | Adams |
9/25/2025
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10/1/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4566 |
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State v. Lansing
| 24CA930 | CRIMINAL-WAIVER OF COURT COSTS-INDIGENCY - Trial counsel's failure to request waiver of court costs did not result in ineffective assistance of counsel despite appellant's indigency status where appellant failed to demonstrate she was prejudiced by counsel's failure to request waiver. | Smith | Pike |
9/25/2025
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10/6/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4641 |
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State v. Lewis
| 25CA3, 25CA4, 25CA5 | knowing, intelligent, and voluntary; Crim.R. 11(C)(2); competent to stand trial | Hess | Lawrence |
9/25/2025
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9/29/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4520 |
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State v. Miller
| 24CA12 | Other crimes, wrongs, or acts evidence; Evid.R. 404(B); harmless error; Re-open case; order of proof; Evid.R. 611(A) | Hess | Lawrence |
9/22/2025
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9/29/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4519 |
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State v. Crum
| 23CA4045 | Aggravated trafficking; Manifest weight; R.C. 2925.03(A)(2); Possession; Constructive possession; Complicity; R.C. 2923.03(A)(2); Testimony of one witness | Wilkin | Scioto |
9/18/2025
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9/24/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4443 |
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State ex rel. Yost v. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.
| 24CA1 | CIVIL-MOTION TO INTERVENE-CIV.R. 24(A)(2)-INTERVENTION OF RIGHT-CIV.R. 24(B)(2)-PERMISSIVE INTERVENTION - Trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying proposed intervenor Little Hocking Water Association's motion to intervene where, although water association had a legally protectable property interest in the underlying subject matter of the action, water association was: (1) unable to demonstrate that its ability to protect its interests would be impaired without intervention in light of fact that water association and defendant had previously engaged in litigation in 2016 which had been resolved by a finding of liability and a confidential settlement agreement and which could be enforced by a separate enforcement action; and (2) water association's arguments that Ohio Attorney General was unable to adequately represent water company's interest relied only upon speculation; because a trial court is presumed to know the applicable law and apply it accordingly and because Civ.R. 24 does not require a trial court to make findings of fact or conclusions of law, simply because trial court did not relate Civ.R. 24(A)(2) factors in its entry did not mean that trial court did not engage in a full analysis of water association's arguments in favor of permissive intervention. | Smith | Washington |
9/17/2025
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9/29/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4521 |
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State v. Booker
| 24CA4094 | CRIMINAL-CRIM.R. 32.1-WITHDRAWAL OF PLEA-RES JUDICATA - The judgment of the trial court is affirmed where appellant's Crim.R. 32.1 motion to withdraw his guilty pleas alleging ineffective assistance of trial counsel was barred by the doctrine of res judicata. | Smith | Scioto |
9/17/2025
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9/24/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4455 |
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State v. Ferguson
| 25CA7 | Sentencing error; contrary to law; jointly recommended sentence; competency evaluation | Hess | Washington |
9/17/2025
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9/22/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4416 |
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