State v. Perry

Citations

• 2022 Ohio 2132

Syllabus

Aggravated murder guilty plea postconviction relief findings of fact and conclusions of law finality. The trial court's failure to include findings of fact and conclusions of law in a prior judgment denying appellant's petition for postconviction relief did not affect the appealability of the judgment. If a trial court errs by failing to issue statutorily required findings of fact and conclusions of law, the petitioner can obtain relief by raising the deficiency of the trial court's judgment on appeal. Because the prior judgment denying appellant postconviction relief was final, the trial court could not entertain the instant motion for findings of fact and conclusions of law filed by appellant several years after the trial court denied relief.