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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 - misdemeanor sentencing R.C. 2929.21 and .22 maximum sentence consecutive sentences vindictive sentencing...

Judgment affirmed. The trial court did not err when it ruled that appellees' duty of care as landlord did not encompass an unforeseen criminal act committed by a third party against a tenant in appell...

CRIMINAL - Murder Felonious Assault Tampering With Evidence Domestic Violence manifest weight of the evidence sufficiency of the evidence credibility of witnesses consecutive sentences R.C. 2929.14(C)...

Habeas corpus—Inmate had adequate remedy in ordinary course of law through direct appeal of his convictions and sentence, and trial court did not lack jurisdiction over his criminal case—Court of appe...

CRIMINAL - final appealable order community control motion to modify failed to appeal....

CRIMINAL LAW - consecutive sentences R.C. 2953.08(G) sentencing contrary to law R.C. 2929.14 appellate court may not independently weigh the evidence in the record....

Mayle. A trial court may find that pending criminal charges against the respondent constitutes good cause under R.C. 3113.31(D)(2)(a)(iv) for granting a victim's request to continue a full hearing on ...

A criminal judgment is summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(3)....

affirming contempt for refusing to wear mask in courthouse in violation of court order and sentence to definite jail term of 10 days Appellant claims contempt should have been treated as civil, not cr...

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 ...

CRIMINAL LAW - SEARCH & SEIZURE - consent search of defendant's shoes immediately after officer asked defendant if he would mind taking off his shoes, officer said, "Just take off your shoes for me" t...

Where a search warrant affidavit provided no information about criminal activity that occurred or was likely to have occurred at a criminal defendant's home or about criminal activity that occurred be...

CRIMINAL LAW - SENTENCING - reopened appeal ineffective assistance merger allied offenses of similar import R.C. 2941.25 receiving stolen property possession of criminal tools defendant's conduct comm...

To support a conviction for a crime by complicity with sufficient evidence, the State may introduce direct or circumstantial evidence from which the finder of fact can infer that the defendant had the...

A criminal judgment revoking probation and resentencing a defendant is summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(4)....

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...

CRIMINAL - Criminal Trespass 2911.21(A)(4) manifest weight of the evidence privilege...

Criminal Felony Sentencing Consecutive Sentences Allied Offenses of Similar Import Ineffective Assistance of Counsel After a de novo review of the record, we cannot clearly and convincingly find that ...

12/14/2023 When a Commonwealth's Attorney elects to apply a new, mitigating statute in a criminal proceeding, the Attorney General may not challenge that election on appeal by arguing that the statute...

In this appeal, we address principles governing the imposition of consecutive sentencing for "an offender whose record of criminal activity is extensive." Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-35-115(b)(2) (2019). Qui...