by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Ohio
(A) Joinder of offenses. Two or more offenses may be charged in the same indictment, information or complaint in a separate count for each offense if the offenses charged, whether felonies or misdemeanors or both, are of the same or similar character, or are based on...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Ohio
(A) Use of indictment or information. A felony that may be punished by death or life imprisonment shall be prosecuted by indictment. All other felonies shall be prosecuted by indictment, except that after a defendant has been advised by the court of the nature of the...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Ohio
(A) Summoning grand juries. The judge of the court of common pleas for each county, or the administrative judge of the general division in a multi-judge court of common pleas or a judge designated by the administrative judge, shall order one or more grand juries to be...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Ohio
(A) Procedure upon initial appearance. When a defendant first appears before a judge or magistrate, the judge or magistrate shall permit the accused or the accused’s counsel to read the complaint or a copy thereof, and shall inform the defendant: (1) Of the...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Ohio
(A) Procedure in minor misdemeanor cases. Notwithstanding Rule 3, Rule 5(A), Rule 10, Rule 11(A), Rule 11(E), Rule 22, Rule 43(A), and Rule 44, a court may establish the following procedure for all or particular minor misdemeanors other than offenses covered by the...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Ohio
(A) Issuance.(1) Upon complaint. If it appears from the complaint, or from an affidavit or affidavits filed with the complaint, that there is probable cause to believe that an offense has been committed, and that the defendant has committed it, a warrant for the...
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