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Case Caption	Case No.	Topics and Issues	Author	Citation / County	Decided	Posted	WebCite
State v. Willey	25CA1	involuntary manslaughter; manifest weight of the evidence; jury instructions; invited error; defense of another; deadly and non-deadly force; sufficiency of the evidence	Hess	Ross	1/23/2026	1/28/2026	2026-Ohio-242
Plibrico Co., L.L.C. v. Hall	25CA11	Civil protection order on behalf of an organization; findings of fact and conclusions of law; final appealable order; expired protection order; mootness doctrine; Civ.R. 53(D)(3)(ii); Civ.R. 65.1(A); Civ.R. 65.1(F)(3)(b); R.C. 2903.214(G)(1); R.C. 2903.215	Wilkin	Lawrence	1/22/2026	1/29/2026	2026-Ohio-284
State v. Morgan	24CA30	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 a jury trial; failure to use the precise language is not grounds for vacating a plea so long as the rights are explained in a way reasonably understood by the defendant; totality of the colloquy; references to the plea agreement was not sufficient when the trial court only advised defendant of his right to “trial” as opposed to his right to a “jury trial”	Wilkin	Athens	1/22/2026	1/29/2026	2026-Ohio-282
State v. Tucker	24CA18	Police pursuit; no person shall operate a motor vehicle so as willfully to elude or flee a police officer after receiving a visible or audible signal from a police officer to bring the person's motor vehicle to a stop; R.C. 2921.331(B); the operation of motor vehicle by the offender caused a substantial risk of serious physical harm to persons of property; R.C. 2921.331(C)(5)(a)(ii); third-degree felony; manifest weight of the evidence; miscarriage of justice	Wilkin	Washington	1/22/2026	1/29/2026	2026-Ohio-283
State v. Wisor	25CA6	Merger; Burglary; R.C. 2911.12(A)(2) and (D); Grand theft; R.C. 2913.02(A)(1) and (B)(2); Double jeopardy; R.C. 2941.25; Ruff test; Allied offenses of similar import; Imposition of concurrent sentences and merger; Separate harm; Separate victims	Wilkin	Washington	1/16/2026	1/28/2026	2026-Ohio-248
Estate of Altizer v. Arbors at Gallipolis	24CA2	Summary judgement, R.C. 2305.113, medical claim, 180-day letter, statutory interpretation, de novo, certified mail delivery, notice of 180-day letter effective upon delivery	Wilkin	Gallia	1/16/2026	2/5/2026	2026-Ohio-369
State v. Perrill	24CA18 & 24CA19	Final appealable order, unresolved or hanging charges preclude an order from being final, a court of appeals lacks jurisdiction to consider a non-final order	Wilkin	Pickaway	1/16/2026	1/23/2026	2026-Ohio-218
State v. Armstrong	24CA19	CRIMINAL-JURY INSTRUCTIONS-PLAIN ERROR-STRUCTURAL ERROR-SUFFICIENCY-ENDANGERING CHILDREN-SUBSTANTIAL RISK - The provision of an erroneous jury instruction did not constitute structural error and appellant's failure to object to the instruction below waived all but plain error on appeal; appellant's convictions for endangering children were supported by sufficient evidence where his actions in breaking down a door into the room where the children were located created a substantial risk to the health or safety of his children.	Smith	Washington	1/13/2026	1/28/2026	2026-Ohio-245
State v. Tonnous	24CA12	CIVIL RULE 60(B)(1) EXCUSABLE NEGLECT; CIVIL RULE 60(B)(5) "ANY OTHER REASON JUSTIFYING RELIEF FROM THE JUDGMENT" - Trial court did not abuse its discretion in granting relief from default judgment under Civ.R. 60(B); although trial court reasoned insurance company demonstrated excusable neglect under Civ.R. 60(B)(1) and appellate court instead found relief proper under Civ.R. 60(B)(5), a correct judgment will not be reversed merely because erroneous reasons were given for it.	Smith	Washington	1/13/2026	1/28/2026	2026-Ohio-246
In re H.C.	25CA12	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.	Abele	Highland	1/5/2026	1/5/2026	2026-Ohio-12
State v. Wyant	25CA6 & 25CA7	R.C. 2945.71-Speedy trial-Motion to dismiss-Triple-count provisions did not apply to multiple indictments that arose out of different criminal incidents-Judgment affirmed.	Abele	Lawrence	1/5/2026	1/14/2026	2026-Ohio-102
State v. Kelly	24CA4093	Trafficking in a fentanyl-related compound; R.C. 2925.03(A)(2); Ineffective assistance of counsel; Waiver of court costs; Sentences after negotiated plea; R.C. 2929.11; R.C. 2929.12	Wilkin	Scioto	1/2/2026	1/12/2026	2026-Ohio-71
In re C.H.	25CA4146 & 25CA4147	Permanent custody-trial court's judgment placing children in the agency's permanent custody was not against the manifest weight of the evidence.	Abele	Scioto	1/2/2026	1/12/2026	2026-Ohio-81