09/25/2024
Case Caption | Case No. | Topics and Issues | Author | Citation |
09/25/2024 Case Announcements | Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Disciplinary cases—Miscellaneous dismissals. | |||
State ex rel. Howson v. Edmonson | 2023-1105 | Mandamus—Public-records requests—Relator failed to prove by clear and convincing evidence that records custodian failed to timely respond to his public-records requests—Relator’s public-records requests were overbroad and did not identify with reasonable clarity the records he was seeking—Writ and requests for statutory damages, court costs, and attorney fees denied. | Per Curiam | Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-4619 |
State v. Mays | 2023-0839 | Criminal law—R.C. 2945.75—The requirement in R.C. 2945.75(A)(2) that a guilty verdict state either the degree of the offense of which the offender is found guilty or additional element or elements is satisfied by a verdict form that cites the statutory section or sections mandating that the defendant be convicted of a higher-level offense—Plain-error review applies when a defendant fails to raise an objection to a verdict form’s alleged noncompliance with R.C. 2945.75(A)(2)—Judgment affirmed. | Fischer, J. | Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-4616 |