State v. Dixon

Citations

• 2026 Ohio 570

Syllabus

Judgment affirmed in part and reversed in part. The trial court erred by granting the state's motion for summary judgment, but properly denied the claimant's motion for summary judgment, in the claimant's action to be declared a wrongfully imprisoned individual. The trial court concluded the claimant failed to establish his innocence by a preponderance of the evidence, but the court failed to consider whether the claimant satisfied his reciprocal summary judgment burden to demonstrate there was a genuine issue of material fact regarding his innocence. The summary judgment evidence demonstrated there were genuine issues of material fact regarding the claimant's innocence, because both of the eyewitnesses to the shooting recanted their trial testimony and averred that the claimant was not the shooter. As such, the court could not award summary judgment in favor of either party.