State v. Harden

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 5255

Syllabus

POSTCONVICTION — R.C. 2953.23 — JURISDICTION: The trial court lacked jurisdiction to entertain defendant's untimely petitions for postconviction relief where defendant pleaded guilty to the offense and therefore could not show that he would not have been found guilty by a reasonable fact finder without the constitutional error at trial, as required by R.C. 2953.23(A)(1)(b). [See CONCURRENCE: Defendant makes a compelling case for expanding eligibility for expungement and the legislature should consider doing so.]