12/20/2007

Case Name Case No. Topics and Issues Author Decided
Click here to openState v. Pendleton 88988 FOSTER; SENTENCING; EX POST FACTO; PLAIN ERROR; NO OBJECTION TO CONSTITUTIONALITY AT SENTENCING Cooney 12/20/2007
Click here to openState v. Harris 89128 State v. Bezak; postrelease control; void sentence; R.C. 2929.191 Stewart 12/20/2007
Click here to openCleveland v. West Shore Realty 89131 building violations, noncompliance, inactive probation, execution on sentence, plea agreement, agreed sentence, statutory construction, in pari materia, legislative intent. McMonagle 12/20/2007
Click here to openState v. Gaines 89359 VICTIM IMPACT TESTIMONY; ASSAULT; INJURIES; MANIFEST WEIGHT OF THE EVIDENCE; RESTITUTION; AMOUNT. McMonagle 12/20/2007
Click here to openState v. Patrick 89214 R.C. 2929.14(F); R.C. 2967.28; res judicata; due process of law; postrelease control; double jeopardy violation Calabrese 12/20/2007
Click here to openState v. Ali 89383 Post-sentence motion to withdraw guilty plea; ineffective assistance of counsel Calabrese 12/20/2007
Click here to openSailing, Inc. v. Pavarini 89150 Summary judgment, trespass, vexatious litigator, attorney fees, res judicata Stewart 12/20/2007
Click here to openIn re Guardianship of Hughes 89113, 89126 Guardianship; termination; jurisdiction; attorney fees Stewart 12/20/2007
Click here to openState v. Kelly 89393 Criminal Rule 33; ineffective assistance of counsel; new trial; prejudicial effect; Calabrese 12/20/2007
Click here to openState v. Goza 89032 Burglary; aggravated burglary; attempted rape; gross sexual imposition; kidnapping; insufficient evidence; substantial step; hearsay; confrontation clause; medical diagnosis; social worker; competency; ineffective assistance of counsel; medical records. Celebrezze 12/20/2007
Click here to openState v. Ray 89264 Sufficiency of the evidence; Crim.R. 7(D); amended indictment; typographical error Stewart 12/20/2007
Click here to openState v. Rodriguez 89198 Tampering with records; evidence; statute of limitations; tolling Stewart 12/20/2007
Click here to openRandle v. Glenn 89366 Summary judgment; nonprofit corporation law. Calabrese 12/20/2007
Click here to openMoreland Courts Condominium Assn., Inc. v. Henes 89671 summary judgment; lien; foreclosure; account; discrepancy. Gallagher 12/20/2007
Click here to openState v. Robinson 89136 voluntary plea, Crim.R. 11, competence, motion to withdraw. Gallagher 12/20/2007
Click here to openState v. Marshall 89409 Res judicata. Gallagher 12/20/2007
Click here to openState v. Donahue 89111 Involuntary Manslaughter, Failing to Stop after Accident, Abuse of Discretion, greater than the minimum sentence, R.C. 2929.14, de novo, Foster, Plain Error, postrelease control. Kilbane 12/20/2007
Click here to openState v. Daugherty 89373 Motion to Suppress, Plain Feel, Contraband, Weapon, Immediately Apparent. Kilbane 12/20/2007
Click here to openState v. Sims 89261 Evid.R. 803(6); chain of evidence; carrying concealed weapon; allied offenses Stewart 12/20/2007
Click here to openHedrick v. Spitzer Motor City, Inc. 89306 Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act, fraud, Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, motion for summary judgment, de novo, Civ.R. 56, res judicata, final judgment, release agreement, general contract provision, specific contract provision, attorney fees. Kilbane 12/20/2007
Click here to openWalker v. RLI Ents., Inc. 89325 SUMMARY JUDGMENT; CIV.R. 56(C); LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT; COMMON AREAS; LEAKY FAUCET; NATURAL ACCUMULATION; POTHOLES; PARKING LOT; SPECIFIC; SUPERIOR KNOWLEDGE; NEGLIGENCE PER SE; OPEN AND OBVIOUS; R.C. 5321.04(A). McMonagle 12/20/2007
Click here to openState v. Thompson 89435 Motion for new trial; new evidence; res judicata. Blackmon 12/20/2007
Click here to openState v. Jones 89315 Attempted murder; manifest weight of the evidence Stewart 12/20/2007
Click here to openMartin v. Byke 88878 CONTRACTS/UNENFORCEABLE; R.C. 1310.06(A)/UNCONSCIONABILITY; ACT OF GOD; BREACH OF CONTRACT. Boyle 12/20/2007
Click here to openState v. Lipscomb 89116 Complicity; sufficiency of evidence; manifest weight; hearsay Stewart 12/20/2007
Click here to openN. Coast Payphones, Inc. v. Cleveland Bd. of Zoning Appeals 88090 MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE; BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS; ABUSE OF DISCRETION; ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING; DUE PROCESS; BIAS; AFFIDAVIT OF DEFICIENCY Cooney 12/20/2007
Click here to openState v. Eicher 89161 statutory speedy trial rights, constitutional speedy trial rights, original case dismissed, case reindicted. McMonagle 12/20/2007
Click here to openState v. Williamson 89426 POSSESSION OF DRUGS; POSTSENTENCE MOTION TO WITHDRAW NO CONTEST PLEA. Cooney 12/20/2007
Click here to openState v. Judd 89278 Special prosecutor; public interest; impersonating police officer; post-arrest silence. Stewart 12/20/2007
Click here to openState v. Farmer 89300 Theft by deception; sufficiency of evidence; manifest weight. Blackmon 12/20/2007
Click here to openPedone v. Demarchi 88667 CIV.R. 56(C)/SUMMARY JUDGMENT; R.C. 5302.30(C)/PROPERTY DISCLOSURE/FRAUD; DUTY TO DISCLOSE; CONCEALMENT; CAVEAT EMPTOR. Boyle 12/20/2007
Click here to openHaddad v. Kan Zaman Restaurant 89255 Premises liability; business invitee; ensuring customer safety; totality of circumstances. Blackmon 12/20/2007
Click here to openState v. Leftridge 89397 Sexual Predator Classification, Sexual Oriented Offender, Petition for Redetermination, Recidivism Factors, S.B. No. 5, Res Judicata, ex post facto. Kilbane 12/20/2007
Click here to openGunton Corp. v. Architectural Concepts 89725 DEFAULT JUDGMENT; DISCOVERY ORDER; SANCTIONS; NOTICE; REQUEST FOR ADMISSIONS; ABUSE OF DISCRETION; VACATE. McMonagle 12/20/2007
Click here to openBowden v. Cleveland Hts.-Univ. Hts. Schools 89414 WORKERS COMPENSATION; SUMMARY JUDGMENT; COMING-AND-GOING RULE; SPECIAL MISSION EXCEPTION. Cooney 12/20/2007
Click here to openState ex rel. Agosto v. Cuyahoga Cty. Court of Common Pleas 90631 Mandamus; procedendo; Crim.R. 32(C); judgment; jurisdiction; affirmance; law-of-the-case-doctrine. Calabrese 12/19/2007
Click here to openState ex rel. Hart v. Donnelly 90636 Mandamus, jail time credit, and mootness. Dyke 12/17/2007