The Second District affirmed the revocation of NGRI conditional release for a defendant who exhibited a pattern of treatment noncompliance and refusal to accept responsibility for underlying offenses.
Case State of Ohio v. Samuel Stewart Court Ohio Court of Appeals, Tenth District Judge JAMISON (elected 2020) Date Decided
Case City of Euclid v. Datone Washington, Sr., 2026-Ohio-2081 Court Ohio Court of Appeals, Eighth Appellate District Judge Eileen T.
Case State of Ohio v. Antoine K. Logan Court Ohio Court of Appeals, Eighth Appellate District (Cuyahoga County) Judge ANITA
Case State of Ohio v. Frederick Noble Olive Court Ohio Court of Appeals, Fifth Appellate District, Fairfield County Judge David
Case State ex rel. Bates v. Clancy Court Supreme Court of Ohio Judge Per Curiam Date Decided June 4, 2026
The Eighth District reversed and vacated two contempt findings, holding the trial court improperly charged a defendant with indirect contempt without providing the statutory notice and hearing required by R.C. 2705.03.
The Eighth District affirmed convictions for domestic violence and aggravated menacing against EMS workers, holding that the defendant’s verbal death threats to first responders constituted separately punishable offenses from the underlying domestic assault.
The Eighth District reversed the trial court’s dismissal of a rape and kidnapping indictment for preindictment delay, holding that the defendant failed to establish actual prejudice from the 16-year gap between the offense and indictment despite the deaths of two potential witnesses.
The Eighth District reversed a jail-time credit calculation where the trial court awarded credit for days the defendant had already received credit for in a separate, unrelated case, and remanded for factual findings supporting the recalculated credit.
Case State of Ohio v. Richard J. Lawless Court Ohio Court of Appeals, Fifth Appellate District Judge Kevin W. Popham
Case State v. Workman, 2026-Ohio-2099 Court Ohio Court of Appeals, Fifth Appellate District Judge Andrew J. King (elected 2022) Date
Case State v. Tucker, 2026-Ohio-2066 Court Ohio Court of Appeals, First District Judge Bock (elected 2020) Date Decided June 3,
The First District held that imposing consecutive sentences on two firearm specifications was erroneous where the underlying felonies arose from the same act or transaction, but found no plain error because the defendant received an agreed sentence and failed to object below.
The Fifth District reversed and remanded for resentencing, holding that aggravated vehicular assault (OVI-based) and vehicular assault (recklessness-based) are allied offenses of similar import that must merge under R.C. 2941.25 when committed against the same victim.
The Fifth District affirmed the conviction and sentence of a 19-year-old DYS inmate for felonious assault committed within a juvenile correctional facility, rejecting the argument that the case should have originated in or been remanded to juvenile court.
The Seventh District affirmed an attempted murder conviction and 14-year sentence, finding no plain error in the admission of a victim’s video-taped statement, commercial trucking company videos, and electronic log data.
The Tenth District affirmed the constitutionality of R.C. 2923.13(A)(2) as applied to a defendant whose prior juvenile adjudication for felonious assault served as the predicate disability, finding historical support under the Bruen framework.
The Tenth District affirmed the denial of a postconviction petition without a hearing where the petitioner failed to produce substantive evidence demonstrating that Blink home security camera recordings existed or were withheld by the state.
The Fifth District affirmed convictions for obstructing official business and assaulting a police dog where the defendant fled from deputies serving warrants, hid from a K-9 search, and kicked the dog when it found him.
The Fifth District affirmed the juvenile court’s decision to transfer jurisdiction of a 16-year-old charged with aggravated robbery and felonious assault to adult court, finding the amenability determination was supported by competent, credible evidence.
Case State v. Stotts, 2026-Ohio-2073 Court Ohio Court of Appeals, Fifth Appellate District Judge Robert G. Montgomery (elected 2025) Date
The Twelfth District affirmed a community control condition that effectively barred the defendant from his residence, finding the restriction was reasonably related to preventing future criminal conduct given the defendant’s history of altercations with neighbors.
The Twelfth District held that grand theft of a motor vehicle and attempted grand theft of a firearm found in the vehicle’s glove box are not allied offenses requiring merger, because the defendant’s act of removing the gun from the car and keeping it in her bedroom reflected a separate animus.