State v. Patterson

Citations

• 2021 Ohio 1237

Syllabus

The trial court did not err on remand by dismissing the defendant-appellant's motion to correct a void judgment because the trial court complied with our remand order in the first instance and the Supreme Court of Ohio's holding in State v. Harper, 160 Ohio St.3d 480, 2020-Ohio-2913 is not in conflict with our remand order. Thus, the law-of-the-case doctrine is inapplicable to the case at bar. Moreover, the trial court did not err by dismissing the defendant-appellant's motion to correct a void judgment on the basis it was barred by the doctrine of res judicata under the Harper decision, notwithstanding that it is in deviation from a statutory mandate. Judgment Affirmed.