Solon v. Depew

Citations

• 208 N.E.3d 101
• 2023 Ohio 304

Syllabus

Ineffective assistance of counsel conflict of interest affidavit of disqualification no contest plea Crim.R. 11(B)(2). - Failure of defendant's first attorney to disclose that he was under investigation by the Ohio Supreme Court for professional misconduct was not ineffective assistance of counsel where defendant failed to demonstrate the investigation created a conflict of interest between him and his lawyer failure of defendant's second attorney to file an affidavit of disqualification was not ineffective assistance of counsel where there was no evidence the trial court judge was disqualified in any way to preside in the proceedings the trial court did not violate Crim.R. 11(B)(2) where it found the defendant guilty of disorderly conduct after the defendant pleaded no contest to the charge and there was no evidence the trial court considered the guilty verdict in that case in rendering its verdict in a bench trial involving the defendant in another case.