State v. Lott

Citations

• 2026 Ohio 555

Syllabus

Civ.R. 60(B)(4); postconviction-relief petition; intellectual disability; capital; death penalty; successive petitions. - Judgment reversed and remanded. The trial court abused its discretion in denying Lott's motion as a successive petition for postconviction relief because it was properly filed pursuant to Civ.R. 60(B). Res judicata should not bar Lott from challenging his capital sentence when the reason for the Civ.R. 60(B) did not exist at the time Lott filed his previous petitions and postconviction appeals.