64 Ohio App. 2d 141 - State v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
39 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 41 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2017 · most notably Thomas v. Arn (1986), 13 Ohio App. 3d 456 - State v. Petrou (1984)
39 state decisions
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Most-quoted passages
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“(A) `First offender' means anyone who has been convicted of an offense in this state or any other jurisdiction and who previously or subsequently has not been convicted of the same or a different offense in this state or any other jurisdiction. When two or more convictions result from or are connected with the same act or result from offenses committed at the same time, they shall be counted as one conviction. When two or three convictions result from the same indictment, information, or complaint, from the same plea of guilty, or from the same official proceeding, and result from related criminal acts that were committed within a three-month period but do not result from the same act or from offenses committed at the same time, they shall be counted as one conviction, provided that a court may decide as provided in division (C)(1)(a) of section 2953.32 of the Revised Code that it is not in the public interest for the two or three convictions to be counted as one conviction.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“(A)(1) Except as provided in section 2953.61 of the Revised Code, a first offender may apply to the sentencing court if convicted in this state, or to a court of common pleas if convicted in another state or in a federal court, for the sealing of the conviction record. Application may be made at the expiration of three years after the offender's final discharge if convicted of a felony, or at the expiration of one year after the offender's final discharge if convicted of a misdemeanor.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“at the time of application, then the expungement is void and must be vacated, the court having lacked jurisdiction to grant the expungement in the first place. Inasmuch as the requirement of”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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