09/08/2022
| Case Caption | Case No. | Topics and Issues | Author | Citation |
| State v. Sanford | 2021-0801 | R.C. 2945.71—Speedy trial—New charges against a defendant added after the defendant’s arrest get a new speedy-trial period if at the time the initial charges were filed, the state did not have all the information necessary to bring the additional related charges. | DeWine, J. | Slip Opinion No. 2022-Ohio-3107 |
| Disciplinary Counsel v. Fitz | 2022-0363 | Attorneys—Misconduct—Attorney violated the Rules of Professional Conduct, including Prof.Cond.R. 8.4(b) (prohibiting an attorney from committing an illegal act that reflects adversely on the attorney’s honesty or trustworthiness) and 8.4(c) (prohibiting an attorney from engaging in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation)—Two-year suspension imposed, with no credit for time served under interim felony suspension—Reinstatement conditioned on attorney’s providing proof of his substantial, continuing efforts to pay restitution ordered as part of his criminal sentence. | Per Curiam | Slip Opinion No. 2022-Ohio-3108 |
| 09/08/2022 Case Announcements | Merit decisions with opinions—Miscellaneous dismissals. | |||
| 09/08/2022 Case Announcements #2 | Disciplinary cases. | |||
| State ex rel. Moscow v. Clermont Cty. Bd. of Elections | 2022-1003 | Elections—Prohibition and Mandamus—Writs sought to reverse board of elections’ certification of petition to surrender village corporate powers to the ballot—R.C. 703.20 requires the filing of village surrender petitions with village legislatures—Writ of prohibition granted, and writ of mandamus denied as moot. | Per Curiam | Slip Opinion No. 2022-Ohio-3138 |
| 09/08/2022 Case Announcements #3 | Merit decisions with opinions. |