State v. Fuchs

Citations

• 2019 Ohio 4294

Syllabus

Following a jury trial, appellant was convicted of violating a protection order, a fifth degree felony based upon appellant's previous conviction for violating the same protection order. Appellant's counsel provided ineffective assistance by his failure to object to the admission of an unredacted copy of the protection order, which included, as an attachment, a magistrate's decision detailing appellant's conduct that led to the issuance of the protection order. Also, under the facts of this case, there is a reasonable probability that but for counsel's ineffective representation, the outcome of the case would have been different. Judgment reversed and remanded. (Welbaum, P.J., dissenting.)