(A) “Felony” means an offense defined by law as a felony.(B) “Misdemeanor” means an offense defined by law as a misdemeanor.(C) “Serious offense” means any felony, and any misdemeanor for which the penalty prescribed by law includes confinement for more than six months.(D) “Petty offense” means a misdemeanor other than a serious offense.(E) “Judge” means judge of the court of common pleas, juvenile court, municipal court, or county court, or the mayor or mayor’s court magistrate of a municipal corporation having a mayor’s court.(F) “Magistrate” means any person appointed by a court pursuant to Crim. R. 19. “Magistrate” does not include an official included within the definition of magistrate contained in section 2931.01 of the Revised Code, or a mayor’s court magistrate appointed pursuant to section 1905.05 of the Revised Code.(G) “Prosecuting attorney” means the attorney general of this state, the prosecuting attorney of a county, the law director, city solicitor, or other officer who prosecutes a criminal case on behalf of the state or a city, village, township, or other political subdivision, and the assistant or assistants of any of them. As used in Crim. R. 6, “prosecuting attorney” means the attorney general of this state, the prosecuting attorney of a county, and the assistant or assistants of either of them.(H) “State” means this state, a county, city, village, township, other political subdivision, or any other entity of this state that may prosecute a criminal action.(I) “Clerk of court” means the duly elected or appointed clerk of any court of record, or the deputy clerk, and the mayor or mayor’s court magistrate of a municipal corporation having a mayor’s court.(J) “Law enforcement officer” means a sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, municipal police officer, marshal, deputy marshal, or state highway patrolman, and also means any officer, agent, or employee of the state or any of its agencies, instrumentalities, or political subdivisions, upon whom, by statute, the authority to arrest violators is conferred, when the officer, agent, or employee is acting within the limits of statutory authority. The definition of “law enforcement officer” contained in this rule shall not be construed to limit, modify, or expand any statutory definition, to the extent the statutory definition applies to matters not covered by the Rules of Criminal Procedure.
Ohio. Crim. R. 2
Effective:July 1, 1973; amended effective July 1, 1976;July 1, 1990.
