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...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Chief legal officer" has the same meaning as in section 733.621 of the Revised Code. (2) "Political subdivision" means a county, a municipal corporation, or a township that adopts a limited home rule government under Chapter 504. of the Revised Code. (B) A prosecuting attorney may appoint assistants and employees, except a member of the family of the prosecuting attorney, in accor...

...lic servant, either of the following: (1) Any compensation, other than as allowed by divisions (G), (H), and (I) of section 102.03 of the Revised Code or other provisions of law, to perform the public servant's official duties, to perform any other act or service in the public servant's public capacity, for the general performance of the duties of the public servant's public office or public employment, or as a supp...

... negligently do any of the following: (1) Fail to serve a lawful warrant without delay; (2) Fail to prevent or halt the commission of an offense or to apprehend an offender, when it is in the law enforcement officer's power to do so alone or with available assistance. (B) No law enforcement, ministerial, or judicial officer shall negligently fail to perform a lawful duty in a criminal case or proceeding. (C) No o...

... of the actor's criminal purpose. (E)(1) Whoever violates this section is guilty of an attempt to commit an offense. An attempt to commit aggravated murder, murder, or an offense for which the maximum penalty is imprisonment for life is a felony of the first degree. An attempt to commit a drug abuse offense for which the penalty is determined by the amount or number of unit doses of the controlled substance involve...

...ictive firearms carrying policy. (C) (1) Subject to division (C) (2) of this section, the owner of an establishment serving the public, the operator of an establishment serving the public, and the employer of persons employed at an establishment serving the public shall be immune from liability in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property that allegedly was caused by or related to a law enforc...

...rdnance, for the following purposes: (1) Contractors, wreckers, quarriers, mine operators, and other persons regularly employing explosives in the course of a legitimate business, with respect to explosives and explosive devices acquired, possessed, carried, or used in the course of such business; (2) Farmers, with respect to explosives and explosive devices acquired, possessed, carried, or used for agricultural ...

... other than a violation of division (A)(1) or (2) of section 1707.042 or division (B), (C)(4), (D), (E), or (F) of section 1707.44 of the Revised Code, of 18 U.S.C. 1341, 18 U.S.C. 1343, 18 U.S.C. 2314, or any other offense involving fraud in the sale of securities. (B) If the plaintiff in a civil action instituted pursuant to this section proves the violation by a preponderance of the evidence, the court, after m...

...efined in division (C) of section 2923.41 of the Revised Code, or shall purposely commit or engage in any act that constitutes criminal conduct, as defined in division (C) of section 2923.41 of the Revised Code. (B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of participating in a criminal gang, a felony of the second degree. (C)(1) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of any section of the Revised Code, the cle...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Authorized recipient of tobacco products" means: (a) In the case of cigarettes, a person who is: (i) Licensed as a cigarette wholesale dealer under section 5743.15 of the Revised Code; (ii) Licensed as a retail dealer as long as the person purchases cigarettes with the appropriate tax stamp affixed; (iii) An export warehouse proprietor as defined in section 5702 of the...

...nterfere with, any of the following: (1) Any person because of race, color, religion, sex, familial status as defined in section 4112.01 of the Revised Code, national origin, military status as defined in that section, disability as defined in that section, or ancestry and because that person is or has been selling, purchasing, renting, financing, occupying, contracting, or negotiating for the sale, purchase, ...

...(A)(1) If a sentence of death imposed upon an offender is set aside, nullified, vacated, or voided for any of the following reasons, the trial court that sentenced the offender shall conduct a hearing to resentence the offender in accordance with division (A)(2) of this section: (a) The court of appeals, in a case in which a sentence of death was imposed for an offense committed before January 1, 1995, or the supre...

...e felony OVI offense under division (G)(1) or (2) of section 2929.13 of the Revised Code or for a third degree felony OVI offense under division (G)(2) of that section may impose upon the offender, in addition to the mandatory term of local incarceration or mandatory prison term imposed under the applicable division, a community residential sanction or combination of community residential sanctions under this section...

...t are not limited to, the following: (1) A term of up to one hundred eighty days in a halfway house or community-based correctional facility or a term in a halfway house or community-based correctional facility not to exceed the longest jail term available for the offense, whichever is shorter, if the political subdivision that would have responsibility for paying the costs of confining the offender in a jail...

...a notice may be oral or written. (B)(1) Except for receipt of the initial information and notice required to be given to a victim under divisions (A) and (D) of section 2930.04, section 2930.05, and divisions (A) and (C) of section 2930.06 of the Revised Code and the notice required to be given to a victim under division (D) of section 2930.16 of the Revised Code, a victim who wishes to receive any notice authoriz...

...the "Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990," 104 Stat. 327, 42 U.S.C. 12101, as amended, a victim with a disability has the right to a registered or certified American sign language interpreter on the registry for interpreters for the deaf at all court proceedings, all meetings with the prosecutor, and all investigative contacts with law enforcement, the probation department, the department of rehabilitation and co...

...tive notice of all of the following: (1) The arrest or detention once the investigating law enforcement agency has knowledge of the arrest or detention; (2) The name of the defendant or alleged juvenile offender once the investigating law enforcement agency has knowledge of the name of the defendant or alleged juvenile offender; (3) That the defendant or alleged juvenile offender may be eligible for pretrial re...

...(A)(1) The prosecutor in a case or the prosecutor's designee, to the extent practicable, shall, on the victim's request, confer with the victim and the victim's representative, if applicable, at each of the following stages: (a) Before pretrial diversion is granted to the defendant or alleged juvenile offender in the case; (b) Before amending or dismissing an indictment, information, or complaint against that d...

...(A)(1) A victim and victim's representative in a case, if applicable, have the right to be present, during any public proceeding, other than a grand jury proceeding. At any stage of the case at which the victim is present, the court shall permit the victim to be accompanied by an individual to provide support to the victim, a victim advocate and victim representative. The victim, victim's representative, and victim's...

... shall include all of the following: (1) The criminal offenses or delinquent acts of which the defendant was convicted or for which the alleged juvenile offender was adjudicated a delinquent child; (2) The purpose of the presentence investigation report, if ordered, and that the victim and victim's representative, if applicable, have the right to review, on request to the prosecutor, a copy of the presentence inv...

...pact statement pursuant to division (D)(1) of section 2152.19 or section 2947.051 of the Revised Code, the victim in the case and victim's representative, if applicable, may make a written and oral statement regarding the impact of the criminal offense or delinquent act to the person whom the court orders to prepare the victim impact statement. A statement made by the victim or victim's representative under this sect...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Law enforcement officer" has the same meaning as in section 2901.01 of the Revised Code and in Criminal Rule 2. (2) "Prosecutor" has the same meaning as in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code, and includes any prosecuting attorney as defined in Criminal Rule 2. (3) "Statutory precondition for nonconsensual entry" means the precondition specified in section 2935.12 of the Revised C...

...tions if both of the following apply: (1) The provider, officer, employee, agent, landlord, custodian, or person has been provided with either of the following: (a) An interception warrant or extension of an interception warrant that contains a statement of the type described in division (A)(13) of section 2933.56 of the Revised Code; (b) A written representation of a judge of a court of common pleas or of a prose...

...unless one of the following applies: (1) The offender requires medical care or is unable to provide for the offender's own safety. (2) The offender cannot or will not offer satisfactory evidence of the offender's identity. (3) The offender refuses to sign the citation. (4) The offender has previously been issued a citation for the commission of that misdemeanor and has failed to do one of the following: (a)...

...ised Code, a violation of section 2903.211 of the Revised Code that is a felony, or a felony OVI offense shall be denied bail. The judge shall order that the accused be detained until the conclusion of the hearing. Except for good cause, a continuance on the motion of the state shall not exceed three court days. Except for good cause, a continuance on the motion of the accused shall not exceed five court days unless...

...orm: "SPECIFICATION (or, SPECIFICATION 1, SPECIFICATION TO THE FIRST COUNT, or SPECIFICATION 1 TO THE FIRST COUNT). The Grand Jurors further find and specify that (set forth the applicable aggravating circumstance listed in divisions (A)(1) to (10) of section 2929.04 of the Revised Code. The aggravating circumstance may be stated in the words of the subdivision in which it appears, or in words sufficient to give the...