State v. Hooper

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 1594

Syllabus

PETITION FOR POST-CONVICTION RELIEF; R.C. 2953.21; SUBSTANTIVE GROUNDS FOR RELIEF. The trial court did not abuse its discretion by dismissing the defendant-appellant's petition for post-conviction relief without a hearing. The trial court properly considered the entirety of the record, including the proffered evidence outside the record related to the defendant-appellant's claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel, and determined that the defendant-appellant failed to present substantive grounds for relief.