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EVIDENCE — CONSTITUTIONAL LAW/CRIMINAL — PLAIN ERROR – REAGAN TOKES LAW – COUNSEL: The trial court's admission of body-worn camera video and references to DNA evidence as other acts evidence under Evi...

CRIMINAL - sentencing consecutive prison terms proportionality finding seriousness of offender's conduct danger offender poses to the public conduct of the offender prior convictions repeat offenses g...

CRIMINAL - Aggravated Vehicular Homicide R.C. 2903.06(A)(2)(a) Failure to Stop After an Accident R.C. 4549.02(A)(2) Obstructing Official Business R.C. 2921.31(A) Manifest weight of the evidence Circum...

CRIMINAL - Attempted Murder, R.C. 2903.02(A)Tampering with evidence R.C. 2921.12(A)(1) felonious assault R.C. 2903.11 verdict forms R.C. 2945.75(A) claim of prosecutorial misconduct ineffective assist...

Prohibition—Inmate had adequate remedies in ordinary course of law to raise alleged errors of which he complains, and trial court had subject-matter jurisdiction over his criminal case—Court of appeal...

CRIMINAL LAW - involuntary manslaughter "another" unlawful termination of another's pregnancy "person" unborn human who is viable sufficiency manifest weight. MOTION IN LIMINE - expert witness medical...

Appellant's double jeopardy protections were not violated when the trial court imposed separate punishments for one count of discharge of a firearm on or near a prohibited premises and one count of fe...

Criminal law—Wrongful imprisonment—Jury trial—Article I, Section 5 of the Ohio Constitution—There is no constitutional right to a jury trial in a wrongful-imprisonment action, because the action did n...

CRIMINAL LAW - post-sentence motion to withdraw guilty plea no hearing provided lawful non-citizen resident ineffective assistance of counsel failure to advise of deportation when clear a defendant wi...

CRIMINAL LAW - R.C. 2925.041(B) illegal assembly of chemicals manifest weight admission of NPLEx report prior purchases of pseudoephedrine inadequate foundation prejudicial error expert testimony on u...

CRIMINAL - Anders wholly frivolous Aggravated Possession of Drugs jointly recommended sentence community control community-based correctional facility abstention from use of drugs and alcohol voluntar...

CHILDREN – CUSTODY – R.C. 2151.414 – BEST INTEREST The juvenile court did not err in granting permanent custody to the Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services where mother previously had...

Judgments affirmed. The trial court did not err when ruling that the state was not entitled to a nunc pro tunc entry stating appellee's classification as a sexual predator under Megan's Law, former R....

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW/CRIMINAL - EIGHTH AMENDMENT - DEATH PENALTY - MENTAL RETARDATION: The trial court erred in finding that defendant was mentally retarded and therefore ineligible for the death penalt...

CRIMINAL LAW - conspiracy to commit aggravated murder mistrial not warranted because no error shown no denial of effective assistance of trial counsel convictions for aggravated murder and kidnapping ...

In an ineffective assistance of counsel claim, a criminal defendant must demonstrate (1) counsel's representation fell below an objective standard of reasonableness and (2) there is a reasonable proba...

Probable-cause determination subject-matter jurisdiction R.C. 2151.12 R.C. 2152.02(C)(5) child sufficiency of evidence manifest weight of evidence. Appellant argues the common pleas court had no juris...

CRIMINAL LAW - motion to modify probation medical marijuana trial court requested medical documentation set the matter for a hearing no final appealable order appeal dismissed....

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...

POSTCONVICTION - COUNSEL - CONSTITUTIONAL LAW/CRIMINAL - PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT: The common pleas court erred in dismissing without a hearing the ineffective-counsel claim presented in petitioner's ...

CRIMINAL - Attempted Rape Gross Sexual Imposition Sexual Battery Unlawful Sexual Conduct with a Minor expert report failure to disclose exclusion of testimony Crim.R. 16(K) trial strategy ineffective ...

CRIMINAL LAW - rape gross sexual imposition victim is less than thirteen years of age force or threat of force amending indictment superseding indictment continuance reasonable opportunity to prepare ...

CRIMINAL - Trafficking in Cocaine R.C. 2925.03(A)(1)(C)(4)(a) Possession of Cocaine R.C. 2925.11(A)(C)(4)(a) manifest weight of the evidence sufficiency of the evidence cross-examination of a witness ...

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...