03/21/2024
| Case Caption | Case No. | Topics and Issues | Author | Citation |
| 03/21/2024 Case Announcements | Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings. | |||
| 03/21/2024 Case Announcements #2 | Motion and procedural rulings. | |||
| State ex rel. Ware v. Ohio Dept. of Rehab. & Corr. | 2023-0090 | Mandamus—R.C. 149.43—Public-records requests—Statutory damages—Writ granted in part and denied in part—Relator awarded $2,000 in statutory damages. | Per Curiam | Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-1015 |
| State v. Fork | 2023-0356 | Criminal law—Definition of “motor vehicle” in R.C. 4501.01(B) is used for penal laws and applies to offense of aggravated vehicular assault under R.C. 2903.08(A)(1)(a)—R.C. 4501.01(VV)’s qualifying language regarding principal purpose of a vehicle does not look to how vehicle was used at time of charged conduct but vehicle’s principal purpose—The record was insufficient to support appellee’s convictions for aggravated vehicular assault because vehicle being operated at time of charged conduct was a “utility vehicle”—Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed. | Kennedy, C.J. | Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-1016 |