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 2953. of the Revised Code.
Effective: September 21, 1995 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 4 – 121st General Assembly In a capital case in which a sentence of death is imposed for an offense committed before January 1, 1995, and in any other criminal case, including a conviction for the violation of an ordinance of a municipal corporation, the judgment or […]
Effective: March 17, 1987 Latest Legislation: House Bill 412 – 116th General Assembly (A) If a motion for a new trial is filed pursuant to Criminal Rule 33 by a defendant who is convicted of a misdemeanor under the Revised Code or an ordinance of a municipal corporation, and if that defendant was on bail […]
Effective: September 21, 1995 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 2, Senate Bill 4 – 121st General Assembly (A) Upon the hearing of an appeal other than an appeal from a mayor’s court, the appellate court may affirm the judgment or reverse it, in whole or in part, or modify it, and order the accused to be […]
Effective: March 22, 2019 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 201 – 132nd General Assembly (A) In addition to any other right to appeal and except as provided in division (D) of this section, a defendant who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a felony may appeal as a matter of right the sentence imposed upon […]
Effective: September 3, 1996 Latest Legislation: House Bill 445 – 121st General Assembly (A)(1) Upon filing an appeal in the supreme court, the execution of the sentence or judgment imposed in cases of felony is suspended. (2)(a) If a notice of appeal is filed pursuant to the Rules of Appellate Procedure by a defendant who […]
Effective: September 21, 1995 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 4 – 121st General Assembly When an appeal is taken from a court of appeals to the supreme court, the supreme court has the same power and authority to suspend the execution of sentence during the pendency of the appeal and admit the defendant to bail as […]
Effective: July 1, 1996 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 2 – 121st General Assembly In cases of conviction of felony, except for aggravated murder or murder, if the defendant has been committed to a state correctional institution and sentence is suspended, the clerk of the court in which the entry is made suspending the sentence under […]
Effective: April 7, 2009 Latest Legislation: House Bill 130 – 127th General Assembly When a defendant has been committed to a state correctional institution and the judgment by virtue of which the commitment was made is reversed on appeal, and the defendant is entitled to discharge or a new trial, or when the case is […]
Effective: March 17, 1987 Latest Legislation: House Bill 412 – 116th General Assembly Whenever a court superior to the trial court renders judgment adverse to the state in a criminal action or proceeding, the state, through either the prosecuting attorney or the attorney general, may institute an appeal to reverse such judgment in the next […]
Effective: April 12, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 136 – 133rd General Assembly (A)(1)(a) A person in any of the following categories may file a petition in the court that imposed sentence, stating the grounds for relief relied upon, and asking the court to vacate or set aside the judgment or sentence or to grant […]
Effective: October 6, 1994 Latest Legislation: House Bill 571 – 120th General Assembly If a hearing is granted pursuant to section 2953.21 of the Revised Code, the petitioner shall be permitted to attend the hearing. Testimony of the prisoner or other witnesses may be offered by deposition. If the petitioner is in a state correctional […]
Effective: April 12, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 136 – 133rd General Assembly (A) Whether a hearing is or is not held on a petition filed pursuant to section 2953.21 of the Revised Code, a court may not entertain a petition filed after the expiration of the period prescribed in division (A) of that section […]
Effective: September 30, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 110 – 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) “Collateral sanction” means a penalty, disability, or disadvantage that is related to employment or occupational licensing, however denominated, as a result of the individual’s conviction of or plea of guilty to an offense and that […]
Effective: September 30, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 110 – 134th General Assembly As used in sections 2953.31 to 2953.36 of the Revised Code: (A)(1) “Eligible offender” means either of the following: (a) Anyone who has been convicted of one or more offenses in this state or any other jurisdiction, if all of the offenses […]
Effective: April 12, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1, Senate Bill 10, House Bill 431 – 133rd General Assembly (A)(1) Except as provided in section 2953.61 of the Revised Code or as otherwise provided in division (A)(1)(d) of this section, an eligible offender may apply to the sentencing court if convicted in this state, or […]
Effective: April 7, 2021 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 10 – 133rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section, “investigatory work product” means any records or reports of a law enforcement officer or agency that are excepted from the definition of “official records” contained in section 2953.51 of the Revised Code and that pertain to […]
Effective: September 30, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 110 – 134th General Assembly (A) An order issued under section 2953.37 of the Revised Code to expunge the record of a person’s conviction or, except as provided in division (G) of section 2953.32 of the Revised Code, an order issued under that section to seal the […]
Effective: September 28, 2012 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 337 – 129th General Assembly Nothing in sections 2953.31 to 2953.33 of the Revised Code precludes an eligible offender from taking an appeal or seeking any relief from the eligible offender’s conviction or from relying on it in lieu of any subsequent prosecution for the same offense.
Effective: September 19, 2014 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 143 – 130th General Assembly (A)(1) As used in divisions (A)(2) and (3) of this section, “law enforcement or justice system matter” means an arrest, complaint, indictment, trial, hearing, adjudication, conviction, or correctional supervision. (2) Except as authorized by divisions (D), (E), and (F) of section 2953.32 […]
