11th District Criminal Appeals Update
Only a single pro se case this week, but also a few I never got to last week. State ex rel Jackson v. Sloan, 2015-Ohio-3220, Ashtabula County
Only a single pro se case this week, but also a few I never got to last week. State ex rel Jackson v. Sloan, 2015-Ohio-3220, Ashtabula County
Two out of Three are pro se this week. Zero out of three win. State v. Redd, 2015-Ohio-3090, Trumbull County Redd, through an attorney, initially appealed his
The only thing worth reporting is a win on a sentencing case. I included the other three just because it’s a light week. State v.
I’ve got a few weeks to catch up on, and there are an assload of opinions. I put that in italics because that makes it an erudite Latin
After a few weeks with nothing more that late and dismissed appeals, attempts to withdraw pleas, and other minor issues, we get a solid criminal opinion
Opinions always slow down for a few weeks after a big quarterly release. They’re starting to dribble back in this week, but it’s still a slow trickle. State
Donald Eugene Gates was convicted of murder in 1982, based in part on the testimony of an FBI forensic analyst who claimed that Gates’s hair was “microscopically indistinguishable”
Another big pile this week and I need to color me some Easter eggs, so today’s summaries are quick. State v. Smith, 2015-Ohio-1204 Smith pulls
Another big group this week, but a bunch involved pro se appellants who either missed a deadline or messed up the paperwork. State v. Straw, 2015-Ohio-1059
Must be quarterly release day – we’ve got a couple dozen new opinions, about a dozen of them in criminal cases. I’m going to skip