In re J.W.

Citations

• 2026 Ohio 1972

Syllabus

Mandatory bindover; discretionary; firearm specification; aggravated robbery; juvenile; felonious assault; robbery; aggravated menacing; R.C. 2152.10; R.C. 2152.12; probable cause; category-two offense; reasonable belief. Trial court's finding of no probable cause is reversed. The trial court erred in determining that the juvenile was ineligible for a mandatory bindover. The juvenile was 16 years old, was alleged to have committed a category-two offense, and there was probable cause that the juvenile either displayed, brandished, used, or indicated possession of the firearm during the commission of the crime. The court erred in finding that the victim had to testify in order to corroborate the juvenile's admission to police.