Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The definition of “magistrate” set forth in section 2931.01 of the Revised Code applies to Chapter 2941. of the Revised Code.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly All sections of the Revised Code which apply to prosecutions upon indictments, the process thereon, and the issuing and service thereof, to commitments, bails, motions, pleadings, trials, appeals, and punishments, to the execution of any sentence, and all other proceedings in cases […]
Effective: November 9, 1959 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 51 – 103rd General Assembly Any criminal offense which is not punishable by death or life imprisonment may be prosecuted by information filed in the common pleas court by the prosecuting attorney if the defendant, after he has been advised by the court of the nature of […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly An indictment or information is sufficient if it can be understood therefrom: (A) That it is entitled in a court having authority to receive it, though the name of the court is not stated; (B) If it is an indictment, that it […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly An indictment or information may charge two or more different offenses connected together in their commission, or different statements of the same offense, or two or more different offenses of the same class of crimes or offenses, under separate counts, and if […]
Effective: March 17, 1955 Latest Legislation: House Bill 26 – 101st General Assembly In an indictment or information charging an offense, each count shall contain, and is sufficient if it contains in substance, a statement that the accused has committed some public offense therein specified. Such statement may be made in ordinary and concise language […]
Effective: May 9, 2000 Latest Legislation: House Bill 495 – 123rd General Assembly An indictment may be substantially in the following form: “The State of Ohio,) ss. ___________ County) In the Year _______ The jurors of the Grand Jury of the State of Ohio, within and for the body of the County aforesaid, on their […]
Effective: January 1, 1974 Latest Legislation: House Bill 511 – 109th General Assembly Upon written request of the defendant made not later than five days prior to the date set for trial, or upon order of the court, the prosecuting attorney shall furnish a bill of particulars setting up specifically the nature of the offense […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly An indictment or information is not made invalid, and the trial, judgment, or other proceedings stayed, arrested, or affected: (A) By the omission of “with force and arms,” or words of similar import, or “as appears by the record”; (B) For omitting […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly In any indictment or information it is sufficient for the purpose of identifying any group or association of persons, not incorporated, to state the proper name of such group or association, to state any name or designation by which the group or […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly No indictment or information for any offense created or defined by statute is objectionable for the reason that it fails to negative any exception, excuse, or proviso contained in the statute creating or defining the offense. The fact that the charge is […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Whenever it is necessary to allege a prior conviction of the accused in an indictment or information, it is sufficient to allege that the accused was, at a certain stated time, in a certain stated court, convicted of a certain stated offense, […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly In pleading a statute or right derived therefrom it is sufficient to refer to the statute by its title, or in any other manner which identifies the statute. The court must thereupon take judicial notice of such statute.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly In pleading a judgment or other determination of, or a proceeding before, any court or officer, civil or military, it is not necessary to allege the fact conferring jurisdiction on such court or officer. It is sufficient to allege generally that such […]
Effective: May 15, 2002 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 184 – 124th General Assembly (A) In an indictment for aggravated murder, murder, or voluntary or involuntary manslaughter, the manner in which, or the means by which the death was caused need not be set forth. (B) Imposition of the death penalty for aggravated murder is precluded […]
Effective: September 14, 2016 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 97 – 131st General Assembly (A) Imposition of a one-year mandatory prison term upon an offender under division (B)(1)(a) (iii) of section 2929.14 of the Revised Code is precluded unless the indictment, count in the indictment, or information charging the offense specifies that the offender had a […]
Effective: October 31, 2018 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 1 – 132nd General Assembly (A) Except as provided in sections 2925.03 and 2925.11 and division (E)(1) of section 2925.05 of the Revised Code, the determination by a court that an offender is a major drug offender is precluded unless the indictment, count in the indictment, or […]
Effective: September 30, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 86 – 129th General Assembly (A) Imposition of a two-year mandatory prison term upon an offender under division (B)(1)(d) of section 2929.14 of the Revised Code is precluded unless the indictment, count in the indictment, or information charging the offense specifies that the offender wore or carried […]
Effective: September 14, 2016 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 97 – 131st General Assembly (A) Imposition of a seven-year mandatory prison term upon an offender under division (B)(1)(f) (i) of section 2929.14 of the Revised Code is precluded unless the indictment, count in the indictment, or information charging the offense specifies that the offender discharged a […]
Effective: September 23, 2004 Latest Legislation: House Bill 163 – 125th General Assembly (A) Imposition of a mandatory additional prison term of one, two, three, four, or five years upon an offender under division (G)(2) of section 2929.13 of the Revised Code is precluded unless the indictment, count in the indictment, or information charging a […]
