State v. Williams

Citations

• 2024 Ohio 2676

Syllabus

Petition for Post-Conviction Relief Res Judicata Evidentiary Hearing Untimely Petition. Res Judicata prevents a petitioner from relitigating matters that were raised or could have been raised on direct appeal. Petitions for Post-Conviction Relief are subject to the strict timeliness requirements in R.C. 2953.21(A). Unless a petitioner can demonstrate that a timeliness exception in R.C. 2953.23(A) is applicable, a trial court does not have jurisdiction to consider an untimely petition.