Supreme Court of Ohio 2006 Annual Report - Supreme Court - State ...

The Supreme Court of Ohio
2006 Case Statistics
Jurisdictional Appeals Accepted for Review*
136 Discretionary Appeals (non-felony) 3
130 Discretionary Appeals (felony) 3
1 Death Penalty Postconviction Appeal
7 Appeals Involving Termination of Parental Rights/Adoption
2 Appeals from App.R. 26(B) Applications
276 TOTAL appeals accepted for review
Notes*
1
All of the death penalty cases filed in 2006 were appeals from the courts of
common pleas in which the death penalty was imposed for an offense committed
on or after Jan. 1, 1995. No appeals were filed involving an appeal from a court of
appeals for a capital offense committed prior to Jan. 1, 1995.
2
See page 30 for breakdown of cases relating to the practice of law filed in 2006.
3
This category includes cases in which the appellant sought jurisdiction as both a
discretionary appeal and a claimed appeal of right.
4
Included in this category are 15 cases involving appeals from the courts of
common pleas in which the death penalty was imposed for an offense committed
on or after Jan. 1, 1995, and one case involving an appeal from a court of appeals
for a capital offense committed prior to Jan. 1, 1995.
5
See pages 32 and 33 for the types of final dispositions entered in cases relating to
the practice of law.
6
Included in this category are 12 cases involving appeals from the courts of
common pleas in which the death penalty was imposed for an offense committed
on or after Jan. 1, 1995. The remaining case is an appeal from a court of appeals
for a capital offense committed prior to Jan. 1, 1995.
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