State v. Hagens

Citations

• 2026 Ohio 2360

Syllabus

The trial court did not err in denying defendant's motion to reconsider because such a motion is a nullity. In addition, the trial court correctly deemed one of the defendant's filings as a second (and untimely) postconviction petition for relief because the motion was filed subsequent to a direct appeal, claimed a denial of constitutional rights, and sought to void and vacate his conviction and sentence. The defendant's fourth appeal raises no assignments of error that overcome the law of the case doctrine, res judicata, or the fact that defendant's petitions for postconviction relief did not address the jurisdictional prerequisites for the trial court to entertain them. The defendant's persistent and frivolous appeals were not reasonably grounded in fact or law and merit declaring the defendant a vexatious litigator.