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<bold>1. Libel and Slander — political campaign —</bold> <bold>rhetorical hyperbole and opinion</bold> <block_quote> Statements in a political campaign did not support a claim of defamation per s...

JUVENILE – CONSTITUTIONAL LAW/CRIMINAL – FOURTH AMENDMENT – SEARCH AND SEIZURE – TERRY STOP – CONCEALED WEAPON: The juvenile court erred in overruling a juvenile's motion to suppress after finding tha...

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW/CRIMINAL — SEARCH AND SEIZURE — TERRY STOP — FIREARM: The trial court did not err by denying defendant's motion to suppress a firearm that the police found in the glove box of his v...

<bold>Constitutional Law — right to counsel — adequacy of</bold><bold>determination of knowing, intelligent, and voluntary waiver</bold> ...

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW/CRIMINAL - FOURTH AMENDMENT - SEARCH AND SEIZURE - AUTOMOBLE EXCEPTION – PROBABLE CAUSE: The trial court did not err in denying defendant's motion to suppress evidence found in his ...

Facial constitutional challenge to 2016 law making Cabinet appointees subject to the advice and consent of the North Carolina Senate....

Criminal law—Aggravated murder—Appeals—R.C. 2953.08(D)(3)—The portion of the judgment of the court of appeals relating to the constitutionality of R.C. 2953.08(D)(3) is affirmed—Because R.C. 2953.08(D...

APPELLATE REVIEW/CRIMINAL – ASSAULT – EVIDENCE – SELF-DEFENSE – R.C. 2901.05 – CRIM.R. 29 – SUFFICIENCY – MANIFEST WEIGHT: Placing the burden of proving self-defense on defendant, consistent with the ...

Trial court did not err in granting summary judgment on appellant's breach of contract claim as related to the termination of her administrative positions. However, trial court erred in granting summa...

A criminal information is duplicitous when it charges a defendant in a single count with two or more distinct and separate criminal offenses, thereby implicating the defendant's constitutional right t...

Plain error joinder of cases sufficiency of the evidence manifest weight of the evidence ineffective assistance of counsel Reagan Tokes Law. - The appellant did not demonstrate plain error regarding t...

Anders standard former Loc.App.R. 16(C). Anders outlines the procedure that counsel must follow to withdraw because of the lack of any meritorious grounds for appeal. In Anders, the United States Supr...

DEFAMATION — CONSTITUTIONAL LAW/CIVIL — ACTUAL MALICE: The trial court did not err in dismissing plaintiff's defamation claims where defendants' statements were either true or matters of opinion and t...

The trial court's plea colloquy complied with the requirements of Crim.R. 11(C)(2) and the record demonstrated appellant understood the nature of the aggravated arson charge. The trial court considere...

<bold>1. Collateral Estoppel and Res Judicata — dismissal</bold> <bold>of action — sovereign immunity — adjudication</bold> <bold>on merits — subsequent constitutional claims</bold> <bold>barred</bold...

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW/CRIMINAL – COUNSEL – DUE PROCESS – COMPULSORY PROCESS – EXCULPATORY EVIDENCE – CONFRONTATION CLAUSE – R.C. 2945.481 – EXPERT WITNESS – HEARSAY – EVID.R. 404(B) – MISTRIAL – INDICTME...

<bold>1. Appeal and Error — preservation of issues</bold> <bold>— limiting instruction — no objection</bold> <block_quote> An appeal from a limiting instruction was not considered where defendant...

Appellant's guilty plea was entered knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily where record reveals that the trial court strictly complied with Crim.R. 11(C)(2)(c) and substantially complied with the n...

<bold>1. Larceny — sufficiency of indictment — church — failure to indicate</bold> <bold>legal entity capable of owning property</bold> <block_quote> An indictment charging the larceny of propert...

APPELLATE REVIEW - misdemeanor conviction mootness completed jail sentence outstanding court costs. CRIMINAL LAW - CONSTITUTIONAL - waiver of right to counsel petty offense completed jail sentence moo...

WEAPONS UNDER DISABILITY — SECOND AMENDMENT – DRUG TRAFFICKING – JUVENILE DELINQUENCY ADJUDICATION: The trial court correctly dismissed weapon-under-disability counts under R.C. 2913.23(A)(3) in defen...

<bold>1. Rape — statutory rape — motion to dismiss — sufficiency of evidence —</bold> <bold>age — testimony</bold> <block_quote> The trial court did not err by denying defendant's motion to dismi...

<bold>Child Support, Custody, and Visitation — grandmother — motion to</bold> <bold>intervene — lack of standing</bold> <block_quote> The trial court did not err by dismissing intervenor's motion...

The party presentation principle requires courts refrain from deciding constitutional questions not submitted by the litigants....