Eighth Appellate District Court Opinion Summaries

11/12/2009

Case Name Case No. Topics and Issues Author Decided

Cleveland v. State 92663 CONSTITUTIONALITY OF STATUTES; DECLARATORY JUDGMENT; SUMMARY JUDGMENT; SECTION 3, ARTICLE XVIII OF THE OHIO CONSTITUTION; HOME RULE AMENDMENT; GENERAL LAWS; SUB.H.B. NO. 347; R.C. 9.68; SECTION 32, ARTICLE II OF THE OHIO CONSTITUTION; SEPARATION OF POWERS Cooney 11/12/2009

Dawson v. Famous Gyro George 92641 Telephone consumer protection act; statutory damages; lack of a final appealable order. Blackmon 11/12/2009

State v. Redon 92611 Domestic violence; kidnapping; judicial questioning; bench trial; prior inconsistent statement; ineffective assistance of counsel; abuse of discretion; manifest weight; Ohio Code of Judicial Conduct Rule 2.3; Evid.R. 614. Celebrezze 11/12/2009

State v. Urich-Feckler 92459 Workers’ compensation fraud; theft by deception; manifest weight of the evidence; allied offenses of similar import; merger. Sweeney 11/12/2009

State v. Williams 92419 R.C. 2925.11/MANDATORY FINE; R.C. 2929.18(B)/AFFIDAVIT OF INDIGENCY Jones 11/12/2009

State v. Sweeney 92265 R.C. 2943.032(E)/FAILURE TO ADVISE OF POST RELEASE CONTROL; CRIM.R. 11(C)(2)(a); SENTENCING/MAXIMUM/CONSECUTIVE Jones 11/12/2009

State v. Carter 90504 Two felonious assault counts; allied offenses. Blackmon 11/12/2009

Ford v. State 93745 Mandamus, Loc.App.R. 45(B), R.C.2731.04, Civ.R. 10(A), deletion of specification, and mootness. Jones 11/10/2009

State ex rel. Cuyahoga Cty. Dept. of Children & Family Servs. v. Sikora 93572 Mandamus; procedendo; prohibition; motion to dismiss; adequate remedy at law. McMonagle 11/10/2009

State v. Harris 90699 Reopening; aggravated burglary; closed but unlocked door; privilege; verdict form; clerical error; jury poll; indictment; predicate offense; App.R. 26(B)(2)(c); assignments of error; critique of appellate court analysis; sufficiency of the evidence; mens rea; sworn statement. Rocco 11/9/2009

Leonard v. State 93872 Mandamus, procedendo, jail-time credit, mootness, Loc.App.R. 45, R.C. 2969.25, R.C. 2731.04, and Civ.R. 10(A). Stewart 11/6/2009

Case Name	Case No.	Topics and Issues	Author	Decided
Cleveland v. State	92663	CONSTITUTIONALITY OF STATUTES; DECLARATORY JUDGMENT; SUMMARY JUDGMENT; SECTION 3, ARTICLE XVIII OF THE OHIO CONSTITUTION; HOME RULE AMENDMENT; GENERAL LAWS; SUB.H.B. NO. 347; R.C. 9.68; SECTION 32, ARTICLE II OF THE OHIO CONSTITUTION; SEPARATION OF POWERS	Cooney	11/12/2009
Dawson v. Famous Gyro George	92641	Telephone consumer protection act; statutory damages; lack of a final appealable order.	Blackmon	11/12/2009
State v. Redon	92611	Domestic violence; kidnapping; judicial questioning; bench trial; prior inconsistent statement; ineffective assistance of counsel; abuse of discretion; manifest weight; Ohio Code of Judicial Conduct Rule 2.3; Evid.R. 614.	Celebrezze	11/12/2009
State v. Urich-Feckler	92459	Workers’ compensation fraud; theft by deception; manifest weight of the evidence; allied offenses of similar import; merger.	Sweeney	11/12/2009
State v. Williams	92419	R.C. 2925.11/MANDATORY FINE; R.C. 2929.18(B)/AFFIDAVIT OF INDIGENCY	Jones	11/12/2009
State v. Sweeney	92265	R.C. 2943.032(E)/FAILURE TO ADVISE OF POST RELEASE CONTROL; CRIM.R. 11(C)(2)(a); SENTENCING/MAXIMUM/CONSECUTIVE	Jones	11/12/2009
State v. Carter	90504	Two felonious assault counts; allied offenses.	Blackmon	11/12/2009
Ford v. State	93745	Mandamus, Loc.App.R. 45(B), R.C.2731.04, Civ.R. 10(A), deletion of specification, and mootness.	Jones	11/10/2009
State ex rel. Cuyahoga Cty. Dept. of Children & Family Servs. v. Sikora	93572	Mandamus; procedendo; prohibition; motion to dismiss; adequate remedy at law.	McMonagle	11/10/2009
State v. Harris	90699	Reopening; aggravated burglary; closed but unlocked door; privilege; verdict form; clerical error; jury poll; indictment; predicate offense; App.R. 26(B)(2)(c); assignments of error; critique of appellate court analysis; sufficiency of the evidence; mens rea; sworn statement.	Rocco	11/9/2009
Leonard v. State	93872	Mandamus, procedendo, jail-time credit, mootness, Loc.App.R. 45, R.C. 2969.25, R.C. 2731.04, and Civ.R. 10(A).	Stewart	11/6/2009