State v. Jenkins

Citations

• 2023 Ohio 3622

Syllabus

Law-of-the-case doctrine sufficiency of the evidence preindictment delay. The court of appeals was left to determine, after remand from the Ohio Supreme Court, whether it was error for the trial court to reinstate the defendants' convictions after this court had reversed them on appeal due to ineffective assistance of counsel. Based on the law-of-the-case doctrine, this court determined that it was error for the trial court to reinstate the convictions where it was beyond the scope of the appellate mandate and where there were outstanding issues on appeal at the time. However, the Ohio Supreme Court's recent decision requires this court to review those assignments of error rendered moot by previous decisions. Accordingly, after reviewing those assignments of error the convictions and sentences that were previously reversed are ordered reinstated.