State v. Lavender

Citations

• 234 N.E.3d 602
• 2024 Ohio 229

Syllabus

POSTCONVICTION — COUNSEL — JUVENILE OFFENDER — SENTENCING: The common pleas court abused its discretion by dismissing six timely-filed postconviction claims without first holding an evidentiary hearing: petitioner demonstrated substantive grounds for relief entitling him to a hearing where petitioner presented evidence outside the record raising an issue of ineffective assistance of counsel in challenging the eyewitness and informant testimony at trial and in investigating and presenting mitigation evidence at sentencing.