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 2943. of the Revised Code.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly An accused person shall be arraigned by the clerk of the court of common pleas, or his deputy, reading the indictment or information to the accused, unless the accused or his attorney waives the reading thereof. He shall then be asked to […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Pleas to an indictment or information are: (A) Guilty; (B) Not guilty; (C) A former judgment of conviction or acquittal of the offense; (D) Once in jeopardy; (E) Not guilty by reason of insanity. A defendant who does not plead guilty may […]
Effective: October 2, 1989 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 95 – 118th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, prior to accepting a plea of guilty or a plea of no contest to an indictment, information, or complaint charging a felony or a misdemeanor other than a minor misdemeanor if the […]
Effective: March 22, 2019 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 201 – 132nd General Assembly (A) Prior to accepting a guilty plea or a plea of no contest to an indictment, information, or complaint that charges a felony, the court shall inform the defendant personally that, if the defendant pleads guilty or no contest to the felony […]
Effective: June 24, 2008 Latest Legislation: House Bill 562 – 127th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, “person living as a spouse” means a person who is living or has lived with the defendant in a common law marital relationship, who otherwise is cohabiting with the defendant, or who otherwise has cohabited with […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Pleas of guilty or not guilty may be oral. Pleas in all other cases shall be in writing, subscribed by the defendant or his counsel, and shall immediately be entered upon the minutes of the court.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly If a defendant pleads that he has had former judgment of conviction or acquittal, or has been once in jeopardy, he must set forth in his plea the court, time, and place of such conviction, acquittal, or jeopardy. No claim of former […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly If a defendant pleads a judgment of conviction, acquittal, or former jeopardy, the prosecuting attorney may reply that there is no such conviction, acquittal, or jeopardy. The issue thus made shall be tried to a jury, and on such trial the defendant […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly If a defendant was formerly acquitted on the ground of variance between the indictment or information and the proof, or if the indictment or information was dismissed, without a judgment of acquittal, upon an objection to its form or substance, or in […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Whenever a defendant is acquitted on the merits, he is acquitted of the same offense, notwithstanding any defect in form or substance in the indictment or information on which the trial was had.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly When a defendant has been convicted or acquitted, or has been once in jeopardy upon an indictment or information, the conviction, acquittal, or jeopardy is a bar to another indictment or information for the offense charged in the former indictment or information, […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly If the issue on the plea in bar under section 2943.06 of the Revised Code is found for the defendant he shall be discharged. If the issue is found against the defendant the case shall proceed and be disposed of upon his […]
