State v. Garrett

Citations

• 2024 Ohio 1367

Syllabus

Petition for postconviction relief evidentiary hearing res judicata ineffective assistance of counsel. Judgment affirmed. The trial court did not err in denying defendant-appellant Jerome Garrett's untimely amended petition for postconviction relief when all the evidence submitted in support of his petition had already been considered and rejected by this court during his direct appeal, barring Garrett's claims by res judicata. Because Garrett did not demonstrate that he was unavoidably prevented from discovering the evidence prompting the postconviction petition, the trial court also did not err in failing to hold an evidentiary hearing.