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Trial court erred in imposing consecutive sentences without making the statutorily required findings pursuant to R.C. 2929.14(C). The trial court erred by ordering the sentence re-imposed for violatio...

The self-represented plaintiff, a pediatric dentist, sought to recover damages for, inter alia, defamation and intentional misrepresentation in connec- tion with two articles published by the defendan...

Pursuant to statute (§ 31-294c (b)), whenever liability to pay workers' com- pensation is contested by an employer, the employer shall file with the Workers' Compensation Commissioner, on or before th...

Convicted, after a jury trial, of the crimes of murder, conspiracy to commit robbery in the first degree and carrying a pistol without a permit, and, after a trial to the court, of the crime of crimin...

The plaintiff, who was a remainder beneficiary of a revocable trust, which included a corpus of, inter alia, antique automobiles, sought damages from the defendants, his sisters, B and R, and from D, ...

Magistrate's decision finding petitioner cannot show he is being unlawfully restrained of his liberty and entitled to immediate release, adopted respondent's motion to dismiss complaint for a writ of ...

Criminal law—R.C. 2911.21—Criminal trespass—Property law—Landlords, tenants, tenants' guests—A landlord or landlord's agent, without first reserving authority to do so in lease agreement, may not proh...

Appellant pleaded guilty to two counts of rape (under age 10/force), two counts of rape (under age 10), and two counts of gross sexual imposition (under age 13). Consistent with the parties' agreement...

The plaintiff brought an action alleging, inter alia, discrimination on the basis of race against the defendant. After the defendant was defaulted for failure to plead, it filed an answer to the plain...

CIVIL – summary judgment Civ.R. 56 de novo review oil and gas lease Marketable Title Act ("MTA") Dormant Mineral Act ("DMA") breach of warranty claim damages the Carpenters failed to show that the tri...

The plaintiff property owners brought an action against the defendants, a contractor and an architect, alleging, inter alia, breach of contract. The plaintiffs owned real property in Westport and hire...

Return of seized property property in law enforcement custody return of property after dismissal of indictment R.C. 2981.11(A)(1) law enforcement agency's authority to retain property R.C. 2981.03(A)(...

The plaintiffs, A Co. and its sole member, N, appealed to the trial court from the decision of the board of assessment appeals of the defendant town of Somers, Connecticut, which upheld property tax a...

During the sentencing hearing, the trial court informed appellant of the applicable post-release control conditions as such, and because appellant remained in prison, the trial court could file a nunc...

The petitioner, who had been convicted, on a plea of guilty, to burglary in the first degree and criminal violation of a protective order, sought a writ of habeas corpus. The habeas court, on its own ...

affirming summary judgment granted for the oil and gas company where the landowner argues the failure to include the entirety of their leased acreage in a producing pooled unit breached the lease and ...

NO-CONTACT ORDER – COMMUNITY CONTROL – SENTENCING – NOTIFICATION OF POSTRELEASE CONTROL – R.C. 2929.191: The trial court erred in imposing both a prison term and a community-control sanction, a no-con...

The trial court did not err in rejecting appellant's claim that the violent offender registration scheme in Sierah's Law was unconstitutionally retroactive as applied to him. Appellant failed to disti...

The petitioner, who had been convicted, on a plea of guilty, of, inter alia, arson in the first degree, sought a writ of habeas corpus, claiming that her trial counsel, S, rendered ineffective assista...

The trial court erred, as a matter of law, by finding that the listing agreement was verbally modified as NMRD failed to provide Elevation new and distinct consideration. The trial court erred, as a m...

Pursuant to McCoy v. Louisiana (138 S. Ct. 1500), a criminal defendant has a right under the sixth amendment to the United States constitution to autonomy in deciding the fundamental objectives of his...

POSTCONVICTION – R.C. 2903.42 – R.C. 2929.191 –POSTRELEASE CONTROL: The common pleas court erred by overruling defendant's motion to rebut the statutory presumption under R.C. 2903.42(A)(1) that he is...

SENTENCING-APPELLATE REVIEW-JURISDICTION-POSTCONVICTION: The common pleas court had no jurisdiction to entertain defendant's postconviction motion seeking correction of restrictions on his eligibility...

The plaintiff appealed to this court from the judgment of the trial court dismissing his administrative appeal from the decision of a hearing officer of the defendant Commissioner of Children and Fami...