| Case No. | Case Caption | Case Status | Date
Accepted | Case Issue |
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2018-1718
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State of Ohio
v.
Kysean Cordell Lee
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OPEN
(Held)
|
1/23/2019
| Whether the offenses of Possession of Heroin and Aggravated Possession of Drugs merge when the two substances are combined in the same container to create a compound drug not intended to be separated prior to use and the quantity of each individual drug is not distinguished. |
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2018-1670
|
State of Ohio
v.
Melissa J. Weber
|
OPEN
(Held)
|
1/23/2019
| “WHETHER A TRIAL COURT MAY IMPOSE A TERM OF RESIDENTIAL OR NONRESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY CONTROL SANCTIONS ON ONE FELONY COUNT, TO BE SERVED CONSECUTIVELY TO A TERM OF IMPRISONMENT ON ANOTHER COUNT." |
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2018-1667
|
Pattiann McAdams
v.
Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC, et al.
|
OPEN
|
2/6/2019
| Proposition of law No. 1: An Ohio State Court May Not Usurp A Federal Court’s Authority By Re-Adjudicating the Federal Court’s Already Finalized Class Action Opt-Out Decision |
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2018-1667
|
Pattiann McAdams
v.
Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC, et al.
|
OPEN
|
2/6/2019
| Proposition of Law No. 2: Ohio Should Adopt The Majority Approach Requiring Compliance With Court-Mandated Opt-Out Procedures and Should Reject The Tenth District’s Approach Treating Maintenance of a Pre-Existing Lawsuit as an “Informal Opt-Out.” |
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2018-1634
|
State of Ohio
v.
Michael W. Mathis
|
OPEN
(Held)
|
2/6/2019
| PROPOSITION OF LAW:
Trial counsel’s failure to file a motion to waive court costs at
sentencing is ineffective assistance of counsel when a defendant
has previously been found indigent
|
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2018-1592
|
State of Ohio
v.
Clinton D. Faggs, III
|
OPEN
|
1/23/2019
| In a criminal prosecution of a parent (or an adult acting in loco parentis) for domestic violence under R.C. 2919.25(A), where the defendant’s acts relate to corporal punishment of a child, does the State bear a burden to prove unreasonable parental discipline, or is reasonable parental discipline in the nature of an affirmative defense?” |
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2018-1585
|
State of Ohio
v.
Kysean Cordell Lee
|
OPEN
(Held)
|
1/23/2019
| Proposition of Law
Possession of Heroin and possession of Fentanyl are not allied offenses of similar import and do not merge for sentencing purposes.
|
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2018-1537
|
State of Ohio
v.
William J. Bell
|
OPEN
(Held)
|
1/23/2019
| First Proposition of Law: This Court's decision in State v. Grimes, 151 Ohio St.3d 19, 2017-Ohio-2927, does not apply retroactively to convictions that were already final when Grimes was decided. |
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2018-1537
|
State of Ohio
v.
William J. Bell
|
OPEN
(Held)
|
1/23/2019
| Second Proposition of Law: The absence of "consequences" language in a sentencing entry as required by State v. Grimes, 151 Ohio St.3d 19, 2017-Ohio-2927, does not render the sentence void. |
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2018-1501
|
State of Ohio
v.
Clinton D. Faggs, III
|
OPEN
|
1/23/2019
| Proposition of Law No. 1: In a prosecution under the domestic violence statute, R.C. 2919.25, or the assault statute, R.C. 2903.13, of a parent or adult acting IN LOCO PARENTIS while disciplining a child, the state bears the burden of proving unreasonable parental discipline as part of the physical harm element of the offense. |
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