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... (2) All warrants issued for tier one offenses shall be entered, by the law enforcement agency that receives the warrant with a nationwide extradition radius, into the law enforcement automated data system created by section 5503.10 of the Revised Code, and known as LEADS. (3) If a law enforcement agency discovers that a warrant entered pursuant to section (G)(1) of this section into the law enforcement automate...

...eaded guilty to five or more equivalent offenses ; (2) The offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a specification of the type described in this section. (B) The specification shall be stated at the end of the body of the indictment, count, or information and shall be stated in substantially the following form: "SPECIFICATION (or, SPECIFICATION TO THE FIRST COUNT). The Grand Jurors (or ...

...Imposition of a mandatory prison term under division (B)(8) of section 2929.14 of the Revised Code or a mandatory jail term under division (E) of section 2929.24 of the Revised Code is precluded unless the offender is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of section 2903.11, 2903.12, or 2903.13 of the Revised Code and unless the indictment, count in the indictment, or information charging the offense specifies...

...(A) As used in sections 2945.37 to 2945.402 of the Revised Code: (1) "Prosecutor" means a prosecuting attorney or a city director of law, village solicitor, or similar chief legal officer of a municipal corporation who has authority to prosecute a criminal case that is before the court or the criminal case in which a defendant in a criminal case has been found incompetent to stand trial or not guilty by reason of ...

...ng the information; (b) The offense or offenses with which the defendant or person was charged; (c) Whether the person was found not guilty by reason of insanity or incompetent to stand trial with no substantial probability of becoming competent even with a course of treatment; (d) The reason for the conditional release; (e) Any other information required for the entry of information into the national crime i...

...No person is disqualified as a witness in a criminal prosecution by reason of the person's interest in the prosecution as a party or otherwise or by reason of the person's conviction of crime. Husband and wife are competent witnesses to testify in behalf of each other in all criminal prosecutions and to testify against each other in all actions, prosecutions, and proceedings for personal injury of either by the other...

...(A)(1) As used in this section, "victim" includes any person who was a victim of a felony violation identified in division (B)(1) of this section or a felony offense of violence or against whom was directed any conduct that constitutes, or that is an element of, a felony violation identified in division (B)(1) of this section or a felony offense of violence. (2) Testimony taken at an examination or a preliminary hea...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) " Developmental disability" has the same meaning as in section 5123.01 of the Revised Code. (2) " Victim with a developmental disability" includes a person with a developmental disability who was a victim of a felony violation identified in division (B)(1) of this section or a felony offense of violence or against whom was directed any conduct that constitutes, or that is an element...

...(A)(1) Chapter 2951. of the Revised Code, as it existed prior to July 1, 1996, applies to a person upon whom a court imposed a term of imprisonment prior to July 1, 1996, and a person upon whom a court, on or after July 1, 1996, and in accordance with law existing prior to July 1, 1996, imposed a term of imprisonment for an offense that was committed prior to July 1, 1996. (2) Chapter 2951. of the Revised Code as it...

...(A)(1) Upon filing an appeal in the supreme court, the execution of the sentence or judgment imposed in cases of felony is suspended. (2)(a) If a notice of appeal is filed pursuant to the Rules of Appellate Procedure by a defendant who is convicted in a municipal or county court or a court of common pleas of a felony or misdemeanor under the Revised Code or an ordinance of a municipal corporation, the filing of the...

...y in, or attempt to commit any of those offenses; (b) A person who is serving a term of imprisonment for any felony other than carrying a concealed weapon that was committed while the person had a firearm, as defined in section 2923.11 of the Revised Code, on or about the offender's person or under the offender's control; (c) A person who is serving a term of imprisonment for a violation of section 2925.03 of the R...

...(A)(1) The department of rehabilitation and correction, by rule, may establish a transitional control program for the purpose of closely monitoring a prisoner's adjustment to community supervision during the final one hundred eighty days of the prisoner's confinement. If the department establishes a transitional control program under this division, the division of parole and community services of the department of re...

...If an offender is serving a prison term imposed under division (A)(3), (B)(1)(a), (b), or (c), (B)(2)(a), (b), or (c), or (B)(3)(a), (b), (c), or (d) of section 2971.03 of the Revised Code, if, pursuant to section 2971.05 of the Revised Code, the court modifies the requirement that the offender serve the entire prison term in a state correctional institution or places the offender on conditional release, an...

...(A) If a prosecuting attorney of a county receives notice from the sheriff of the county pursuant to section 341.011 of the Revised Code that a person indicted for or otherwise charged with an offense of violence that is a felony and that was committed in the county has escaped from the county jail or workhouse or otherwise has escaped from the custody of the sheriff or receives notice from a chief of police or...

...(A) As used in this section, "the least detrimental available alternative" means the alternative that would have the least long-term negative impact on the child. (B) When a court makes a determination in a contested adoption concerning the best interest of a child, the court shall consider all relevant factors including, but not limited to, all of the following: (1) The least detrimental available alternative fo...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Harassment, intimidation, or bullying" has the same meaning as in section 3313.666 of the Revised Code. (2) "Home-educated student" means a student who is receiving home education in accordance with section 3321.042 of the Revised Code. (3) "Qualifying offense" means any of the following: (a) An offense of violence; (b) A violation of section 2907.07 of the Revised Code; ...

...(A) The director of education and workforce, pursuant to this section and the adjudication procedures of section 3301.121 of the Revised Code, may issue an adjudication order that permanently excludes a pupil from attending any of the public schools of this state if the pupil is convicted of, or adjudicated a delinquent child for, committing, when the pupil was sixteen years of age or older, an act that would be a cr...

...(A) A peace officer may sell any controlled substance in the performance of the officer's official duties only if either of the following applies: (1) A peace officer may sell any controlled substance in the performance of the officer's official duties if all of the following apply: (a) Prior approval for the sale has been given by the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the sale takes place, in any ...

...(A) When testimony, information, or other evidence in the possession of a person who uses, possesses, or trafficks in any drug of abuse appears necessary to an investigation by law enforcement authorities into illicit sources of any drug of abuse, or appears necessary to successfully institute, maintain, or conclude a prosecution for any drug abuse offense, as defined in section 2925.01 of the Revised Code, a judge o...

...(A) If the director of health determines that a violation of sections 3721.01 to 3721.17 of the Revised Code has occurred, the director may do any of the following: (1) Request a licensee to submit an acceptable plan of correction to the director stating all of the following: (a) The actions being taken or to be taken to correct the violation; (b) The time frame for completion of the plan of correction; (...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in divisions (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), and (H) of this section, whoever recklessly violates any section of this chapter, except section 3734.025, 3734.18, 3734.57, 3734.572, 3734.573, 3734.574, or 3734.60 of the Revised Code, recklessly violates section 3734.03 of the Revised Code with regard to scrap tires, or recklessly violates an order issued under division (B) of section 3734...

...(A) As used in this section, "applicant" means a person who is under final consideration for employment with a home health agency in a full-time, part-time, or temporary position that involves providing direct care to an individual or is referred to a home health agency by an employment service for such a position. (B) No home health agency shall employ an applicant or continue to employ an employee in a position t...

...(A)(1) Except as provided in divisions (A)(2)(d), (B), and (C) of this section, when the liquor control commission determines that the permit of any permit holder is to be suspended under Title XLIII of the Revised Code or any rule of the commission, the commission may issue an order allowing a permit holder to elect to pay a forfeiture for each day of the suspension in accordance with division (A)(2) of this section...

...As used in sections 4510.101 to 4510.108 of the Revised Code: (A) "Eligible offense" means an offense under any of the following Revised Code sections if the offense, an essential element of the offense, the basis of the charge, or any underlying offense did not involve alcohol, a drug of abuse, combination thereof, or a deadly weapon: (1) Sections 2151.354, 2152.19, 2152.21, 2913.02, 4507.20, 4509.101, 4509.17,...

...(A)(1) Divisions (A)(2) to (9) of this section apply to a judge or mayor regarding the suspension of, or the grant of limited driving privileges during a suspension of, an offender's driver's or commercial driver's license or permit or nonresident operating privilege imposed under division (G) or (H) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code, under division (B) or (C) of section 4511.191 of the Revised Code, or under se...