State v. Browning

Citations

• 215 N.E.3d 1260
• 2023 Ohio 1887

Syllabus

Postconviction relief judicial bias presumption against judicial bias extrajudicial source doctrine abuse of discretion. The trial court did not abuse its discretion by granting the defendants' postconviction-relief petition. Evidence presented at the hearing showed that the trial judge's extrajudicial conversation with his wife about whether he would convict or acquit the defendants affected or appeared to affect the outcome of trial and the defendants' prison sentences.