12/21/2022
| Case Caption | Case No. | Topics and Issues | Author | Citation |
| State v. Messenger | 2021-0944 | Criminal law—R.C. 2901.05—Affirmative defenses—Self-defense—Burden of production and burden of persuasion—Defendant has burden of production regarding self-defense claim and must produce legally sufficient evidence that defendant’s use of force was in self-defense—State then has burden of persuasion to disprove self-defense claim beyond a reasonable doubt—On appeal, sufficiency-of-the-evidence standard of review applies to defendant’s burden of production and manifest-weight standard of review applies to state’s burden of persuasion—Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed. | Donnelly, J. | Slip Opinion No. 2022-Ohio-4562 |
| 12/21/2022 Case Announcements | Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings. |