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State v. Honeycutt 2024-A-0013CRIMINAL LAW - rape; jury trial; ineffective assistance of trial counsel; other-acts testimony; trial strategy; witness credibility; date range in indictment; child victim.TrappAshtabula 6/28/2024 6/28/2024 2024-Ohio-2507
State v. Anderson 2023-L-099CRIMINAL LAW - substitution of counsel, breakdown of communication, irreconcilable conflict, abuse of discretion; authenticity of records, nontestimonial; manifest weight of the evidence, circumstantial evidence.TrappLake 6/28/2024 6/28/2024 2024-Ohio-2505
State v. Gaspare 2024-G-0004CRIMINAL LAW - consecutive sentencing; R.C. 2929.11; R.C. 2929.12; R.C. 2953.08(G); R.C. 2929.14(C).PattonGeauga 6/28/2024 6/28/2024 2024-Ohio-2508
State ex rel. Sahbra Farms, Inc. v. Streetsboro 2023-P-0062CIVIL - 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.TrappPortage 6/28/2024 6/28/2024 2024-Ohio-2506
State v. Urick 2024-T-0010CRIMINAL LAW - merger; allied offenses; failure to stop after an accident; R.C. 2941.25; de novo review; R.C. 4549.02(A)(1).PattonTrumbull 6/28/2024 6/28/2024 2024-Ohio-2509
State v. Strmac 2023-A-0059CRIMINAL 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.PattonAshtabula 6/24/2024 6/24/2024 2024-Ohio-2405
State v. Shoff 2023-A-0072CRIMINAL 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.LucciAshtabula 6/24/2024 6/24/2024 2024-Ohio-2406
Hileman v. Hileman 2023-P-0097DOMESTIC 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).EklundPortage 6/24/2024 6/24/2024 2024-Ohio-2404
In re J.B. 2023-T-0103JUVENILE - delinquency, Juv.R. 1, Juv.R. 9, diversion, discretion, admission to complaint, Juv.R. 29, voluntary plea.LucciTrumbull 6/24/2024 6/24/2024 2024-Ohio-2407
Nosse v. Potter 2023-L-097CIVIL - 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 dismissalLynchLake 6/17/2024 6/17/2024 2024-Ohio-2325
State v. Zaller 2023-T-0031CRIMINAL - motion to suppress; investigative stop; protective search; reasonable suspicionLynchTrumbull 6/17/2024 6/17/2024 2024-Ohio-2323
State v. Haines 2024-A-0019CRIMINAL - postconviction relief; res judicata; knowing, intelligent, and voluntary guilty plea; ineffective assistance of counselLynchAshtabula 6/17/2024 6/17/2024 2024-Ohio-2321
State v. Shine 2023-A-0074CRIMINAL LAW - Anders, manifest weight of the evidence, frivolous appeal, counsel's motion to withdraw is granted.TrappAshtabula 6/17/2024 6/17/2024 2024-Ohio-2326
Burnett v. Title Professionals Group 2024-A-0005CIVIL 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.PattonAshtabula 6/17/2024 6/17/2024 2024-Ohio-2322
L. Bryan Carr Co., LPA v. Laforge 2024-G-0025APPELLATE 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.EklundGeauga 6/17/2024 6/17/2024 2024-Ohio-2320
Schroeder v. Kirtland 2024-L-002APPELLATE REVIEW - death of party before final judgment; capacity to appeal; jurisdiction; App.R. 29(A).TrappLake 6/17/2024 6/17/2024 2024-Ohio-2319
State v. Chester 2024-P-0031APPELLATE REVIEW - App.R. 4(A)(1); untimely appeal; postconviction proceedings are civil; App.R. 5(A) only applies to untimely criminal appeals.LucciPortage 6/17/2024 6/17/2024 2024-Ohio-2318
In re P.V. 2023-T-0011CRIMINAL LAW - juvenile, delinquent, rape, GSI, sufficient evidence, force or threat of force, manipulated clothing, nonconsensual, manifest weight, competing version of events, juvenile court process.TrappTrumbull 6/17/2024 6/17/2024 2024-Ohio-2324
State v. Miller 2023-G-0038CRIMINAL 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.LucciGeauga 6/10/2024 6/10/2024 2024-Ohio-2217
In re A.E.F. 2024-T-0009CIVIL - 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.EklundTrumbull 6/10/2024 6/10/2024 2024-Ohio-2213
State v. Huertas-Alicia 2022-A-0109CRIMINAL LAW - child rape, sufficiency of the evidence, penetration, multiple incidents; manifest weight of the evidence, credibility of the witnesses for jury.PattonAshtabula 6/10/2024 6/10/2024 2024-Ohio-2214
Mickens v. Fisher Phillips Law Firm 2024-T-0016CIVIL LAW - motion to dismiss; failure to state a claim; Civ.R. 12(B)(6); negligent misrepresentation; third party; attorney; pro se litigant.TrappTrumbull 6/10/2024 6/10/2024 2024-Ohio-2216
State v. Taylor 2024-A-0044APPELLATE REVIEW - App.R. 4(A)(1); untimely appeal; dismiss.PattonAshtabula 6/10/2024 6/10/2024 2024-Ohio-2215
State v. Parker 2023-T-0012CRIMINAL - 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).EklundTrumbull 6/10/2024 6/10/2024 2024-Ohio-2212
Fifth Third Bank, Natl. Assn. v. Audia 2024-P-0026APPELLATE REVIEW - Lack of a final appealable order; appeal from entry granting motion to stay is not final.EklundPortage 6/3/2024 6/3/2024 2024-Ohio-2127
State v. George 2023-P-0087CRIMINAL 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.TrappPortage 6/3/2024 6/3/2024 2024-Ohio-2125
State v. Cleveland 2023-T-0091CRIMINAL 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.PattonTrumbull 6/3/2024 6/3/2024 2024-Ohio-2126
State v. Williams 2023-T-0096CRIMINAL 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.PattonTrumbull 5/28/2024 5/28/2024 2024-Ohio-2041
Dilley v. Dilley 2024-G-0005DOMESTIC RELATIONS - termination of spousal support; failed to object and/or appeal; res judicata; attempt to relitigate; issues already decided.TrappGeauga 5/28/2024 5/28/2024 2024-Ohio-2035
State v. Dietrich 2023-L-117CRIMINAL 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.LucciLake 5/28/2024 5/28/2024 2024-Ohio-2039
State v. Jones 2023-T-0095CRIMINAL 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.TrappTrumbull 5/28/2024 5/28/2024 2024-Ohio-2034
State v. Hart 2023-A-0070CRIMINAL 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).LucciAshtabula 5/28/2024 5/28/2024 2024-Ohio-2037
State v. Ward 2023-L-092CRIMINAL 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.LucciLake 5/28/2024 5/28/2024 2024-Ohio-2038
Bend-Fast, Inc. v. SBA Monarch Towers III, L.L.C. 2023-A-0053CIVIL - motion for judgment on the pleadings, Civ.R. 12(C); permanent trespass; continuous trespass; unauthorized, intentional acts; exclusive possession; ongoing control and conduct.PattonAshtabula 5/28/2024 5/28/2024 2024-Ohio-2036
State v. Feidler 2023-T-0094CRIMINAL 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.PattonTrumbull 5/28/2024 5/28/2024 2024-Ohio-2040
State v. Wilmington 2024-P-0027APPELLATE 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.TrappPortage 5/20/2024 5/20/2024 2024-Ohio-1941
State v. Washington 2023-P-0095CRIMINAL - A post-conviction motion to dismiss is a nullity; trial court did not err in denying appellant's post-conviction motions to dismiss.EklundPortage 5/20/2024 5/20/2024 2024-Ohio-1942
State ex rel. Ames v. Portage Cty. Bd. of Commrs. 2023-P-0082CIVIL - 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.TrappPortage 5/13/2024 5/13/2024 2024-Ohio-1852
State v. Ballish 2023-G-0044CRIMINAL 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.LucciGeauga 5/13/2024 5/13/2024 2024-Ohio-1855
State v. Goldner 2023-T-0071CRIMINAL 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.TrappTrumbull 5/13/2024 5/13/2024 2024-Ohio-1854
State ex rel. Chester v. Booth 2023-T-0079EXTRAORDINARY 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 CuriamTrumbull 5/13/2024 5/13/2024 2024-Ohio-1858
State v. Requel 2023-T-0062CRIMINAL LAW - motion to dismiss appointed counsel; duty to inquire; ineffective assistance; specificity of complaints; breakdown in commination; prejudice; overwhelming evidence of guilt.TrappTrumbull 5/13/2024 5/13/2024 2024-Ohio-1853
Snyder v. Leroy Twp. Bd. of Zoning Appeals 2023-L-101ZONING - 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.LucciLake 5/13/2024 5/13/2024 2024-Ohio-1856
Jones v. Russell 2023-P-0100CIVIL - 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.LucciPortage 5/13/2024 5/13/2024 2024-Ohio-1857
State v. Francis 2023-T-0089CRIMINAL - motion to vacate; void judgment; plea colloquy; no contest; Crim.R. 11(B)(2); res judicata.LynchTrumbull 5/6/2024 5/6/2024 2024-Ohio-1746
State v. Tinker 2023-A-0068CRIMINAL - 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 remorseLynchAshtabula 5/6/2024 5/6/2024 2024-Ohio-1740
Requa v. Conneaut City Aud. 2023-A-0067CIVIL - 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.EklundAshtabula 5/6/2024 5/6/2024 2024-Ohio-1738
State v. Heltzel 2023-T-0088CRIMINAL - 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 ProtectionLynchTrumbull 5/6/2024 5/6/2024 2024-Ohio-1742
Harris v. City of Kirtland, Inc. 2024-L-033APPELLATE 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.LynchLake 5/6/2024 5/6/2024 2024-Ohio-1743
Elser v. Johnson 2023-T-0081CIVIL - 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.LucciTrumbull 5/6/2024 5/6/2024 2024-Ohio-1745
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