State v. Johnson

Citations

• 2022 Ohio 1739

Syllabus

POSTCONVICTION – RES JUDICATA: The common pleas court erred by denying defendant's R.C. 2953.21 petition for postconviction relief without first holding an evidentiary hearing where: (1) defendant had satisfied his initial burden of setting forth substantive grounds for relief and (2) res judicata did not operate to bar defendant's postconviction claims where each claim was supported by cogent evidence outside the original trial record.