Ohio Court of Appeals· 8/25/2025

State v. Heald

Citations

2025 Ohio 3031

Syllabus

CRIMINAL – Strangulation; Domestic Violence; Violating a Protection Order; manifest weight of the evidence; merger; Strangulation conviction did not merge with Domestic Violence Conviction where harm to leg and throat were separate and identifiable; failure to object to apparent error in verdict form waives all but plain error; trial court rectified error in the form and instructed jury to continue deliberations.

Judges: Eklund

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Cites

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Ohio Supreme Court· 2012-12-06· cited 491×
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Ohio Supreme Court· 1988-08-03· cited 374×
City of Newark v. Vazirani
Ohio Supreme Court· 1990-01-31· cited 179×
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Ohio Supreme Court· 2012-05-22· cited 84×
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Ohio Court of Appeals· 2015-12-16· cited 31×
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Ohio Supreme Court· 1997-09-24· cited 24×
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Ohio Court of Appeals· 2024-11-25· cited 23×
State v. Landingham
Ohio Court of Appeals· 2021-12-06· cited 15×
State v. Baer
Ohio Supreme Court· 1981-07-15· cited 14×
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Ohio Court of Appeals· 2019-12-17· cited 8×
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Ohio Court of Appeals· 2019-07-15· cited 4×
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Ohio Supreme Court· 2024-09-25· cited 4×
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Ohio Court of Appeals· 2020-12-28· cited 3×
State v. Osborne
Ohio Court of Appeals· 2024-06-06· cited 2×
State v. McQueen
Ohio Court of Appeals· 2025-03-31· cited 1×
State v. Wilson
Ohio Court of Appeals· 2025-06-30· cited 1×

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