State v. Ketterer

Citations

• 2017 Ohio 4117
• 92 N.E.3d 21

Syllabus

The trial court did not err in denying capital defendant's motion to reconvene the three-judge panel that sentenced him to death, for purposes of ruling on his postconviction relief (\PCR\) petition. The trial court issued insufficient findings of facts in denying capital defendant's PCR petition where the trial court summarily denied the majority of the grounds for relief on the basis of res judicata. Trial court's denial of capital defendant's motion for leave to conduct discovery is reversed and remanded in light of newly-amended R.C. 2953.21 which makes substantial changes regarding PCR petitions in death-penalty cases, and in particular, allows capital petitioners to get discovery in aid of their petition if good cause is shown.