State v. Early

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 833

Syllabus

Temporary protection order; expired; effective assistance of counsel; due process; fair trial; sufficiency; abduction; new trial. Appellant's conviction for abduction was supported by sufficient evidence where the appellant, without permission, drove off in the victim's car with the victim's child present in the backseat. Appellant was denied a fair trial and effective assistance of counsel when his counsel failed to object or recognize that the temporary protection order that the State used in support of its case had expired prior to the alleged commission the offenses. Appellant is entitled to a new trial.