Ohio Revised Code Chapter 2953 - Appeals; Other Postconviction Remedies

• Section 2953.01 - Appeals And Post-conviction Remedies Definitions.
  The definition of "magistrate" set forth in section 2931.01 of the Revised Code applies to Chapter 2953. of the Revised Code. Effective Date: 10-01-1953
• Section 2953.02 - Review Of Judgments On Appeal.
  In a capital case in which a sentence of death is imposed for an offense committed before January 1, 1995, and in any other...
• Section 2953.03 - Motion For New Trial - Notice Of Appeal Filed.
  (A) If a motion for a new trial is filed pursuant to Criminal Rule 33 by a defendant who is convicted of a misdemeanor...
• Section 2953.04 To 2953.06 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 03-17-1987
• Section 2953.07 - Powers Of Appellate Court.
  Upon the hearing of an appeal other than an appeal from a mayor's court, the appellate court may affirm the judgment or reverse it,...
• Section 2953.08 - Appeal As A Matter Of Right - Grounds.
  (A) In addition to any other right to appeal and except as provided in division (D) of this section, a defendant who is convicted...
• Section 2953.09 - Execution Of The Sentence Or Judgment Suspended.
  (A) (1) Upon filing an appeal in the supreme court, the execution of the sentence or judgment imposed in cases of felony is suspended....
• Section 2953.10 - Power And Authority To Suspend Execution Of Sentence.
  When an appeal is taken from a court of appeals to the supreme court, the supreme court has the same power and authority to...
• Section 2953.11 - Custody Of Defendant Under Suspended Sentence Pending Appeal.
  In cases of conviction of felony, except for aggravated murder or murder, if the defendant has been committed to a state correctional institution and...
• Section 2953.12 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 03-17-1987
• Section 2953.13 - Reversal Of Conviction.
  When a defendant has been committed to a state correctional institution and the judgment by virtue of which the commitment was made is reversed...
• Section 2953.14 - State May Institute Appeal.
  Whenever a court superior to the trial court renders judgment adverse to the state in a criminal action or proceeding, the state, through either...
• Section 2953.21 - Post Conviction Relief Petition.
  (A) (1) (a) Any person who has been convicted of a criminal offense or adjudicated a delinquent child and who claims that there was...
• Section 2953.22 - Post Conviction Relief Hearing.
  If a hearing is granted pursuant to section 2953.21 of the Revised Code, the petitioner shall be permitted to attend the hearing. Testimony of...
• Section 2953.23 - Post Conviction Relief Petition - Time For Filing.
  (A) Whether a hearing is or is not held on a petition filed pursuant to section 2953.21 of the Revised Code, a court may...
• Section 2953.24 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-13-1976
• Section 2953.25 - Certificate Of Qualification For Employment For Persons Subject To Collateral Sanctions.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Collateral sanction" means a penalty, disability, or disadvantage that is related to employment or occupational licensing, however...
• Section 2953.31 - Sealing Of Record Of Conviction Definitions.
  As used in sections 2953.31 to 2953.36 of the Revised Code: (A) "Eligible offender" means anyone who has been convicted of an offense in...
• Section 2953.32 - Sealing Of Conviction Record Or Bail Forfeiture Record.
  (A) (1) Except as provided in section 2953.61 of the Revised Code, an eligible offender may apply to the sentencing court if convicted in...
• Section 2953.321 - Divulging Confidential Investigatory Work Product.
  (A) As used in this section, "investigatory work product" means any records or reports of a law enforcement officer or agency that are excepted...
• Section 2953.33 - Restoration Of Rights And Privileges.
  (A) An order issued under section 2953.37 of the Revised Code to expunge the record of a person's conviction or, except as provided in...
• Section 2953.34 - Sealing Record Not To Affect Appeal Rights Of Eligible Offender.
  Nothing in sections 2953.31 to 2953.33 of the Revised Code precludes an eligible offender from taking an appeal or seeking any relief from the...
• Section 2953.35 - Divulging Confidential Information.
  (A) (1) As used in divisions (A)(2) and (3) of this section, "law enforcement or justice system matter" means an arrest, complaint, indictment, trial,...
• Section 2953.36 - Sealing Of Record Of Conviction Exceptions.
  Sections 2953.31 to 2953.35 of the Revised Code do not apply to any of the following: (A) Convictions when the offender is subject to...
• Section 2953.37 - Expungement Of Certain Convictions Relating To Firearms.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Expunge" means to destroy, delete, and erase a record as appropriate for the record's physical or electronic...
• Section 2953.38 - Expungement Of Certain Crimes For Victims Of Human Trafficking.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Expunge" means to destroy, delete, or erase a record as appropriate for the record's physical or electronic...
• Section 2953.41 To 2953.43 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 06-29-1988
• Section 2953.51 - Sealing Of Records After Not Guilty Or Dismissal Definitions.
  As used in sections 2953.51 to 2953.56 of the Revised Code: (A) "No bill" means a report by the foreperson or deputy foreperson of...
• Section 2953.52 - Sealing Of Records After Not Guilty Finding, Dismissal Of Proceedings Or No Bill By Grand Jury.
  (A) (1) Any person, who is found not guilty of an offense by a jury or a court or who is the defendant named...
• Section 2953.53 - Order To Seal Records - Index.
  (A) The court shall send notice of any order to seal official records issued pursuant to division (B)(3) of section 2953.52 of the Revised...
• Section 2953.54 - Officer's Specific Investigatory Work Product - Divulging Confidential Information.
  (A) Except as otherwise provided in Chapter 2950. of the Revised Code, upon the issuance of an order by a court under division (B)...
• Section 2953.55 - Inquiries As Records Sealed After Not Guilty Finding - Divulging Confidential Information.
  (A) In any application for employment, license, or any other right or privilege, any appearance as a witness, or any other inquiry, a person...
• Section 2953.56 - Violations Of Secs. 2953.31-2953.61 Not Basis To Exclude Or Suppress Certain Evidence.
  Violations of sections 2953.31 to 2953.61 of the Revised Code shall not provide the basis to exclude or suppress any of the following evidence...
• Section 2953.57 - Timing Of Judgment Vacating And Setting Aside Conviction Because Of Dna Testing.
  (A) A court that enters a judgment that vacates and sets aside the conviction of a person because of DNA testing that was performed...
• Section 2953.58 - Orders To Seal Official Records.
  (A) The court shall send notice of an order to seal official records issued pursuant to section 2953.57 of the Revised Code to any...
• Section 2953.59 - Dissemination Of Confidential Information From Sealed Records By Law Enforcement Officers Or Agencies.
  (A) Except as otherwise provided in Chapter 2950. of the Revised Code, upon the issuance of an order by a court under section 2953.57...
• Section 2953.60 - Questioning With Respect To Sealed Records; Release Or Dissemination Of Information From Sealed Records By State Officer Or Employee.
  (A) In any application for employment, license, or any other right or privilege, any appearance as a witness, or any other inquiry, a person...
• Section 2953.61 - Multiple Charges; Sealing Of Records.
  (A) Except as provided in division (B)(1) of this section, a person charged with two or more offenses as a result of or in...
• Section 2953.71 - Post Conviction Dna Testing Definitions.
  As used in sections 2953.71 to 2953.83 of the Revised Code: (A) "Application" or "application for DNA testing" means a request through postconviction relief...
• Section 2953.72 - Application For Testing.
  (A) Any eligible offender who wishes to request DNA testing under sections 2953.71 to 2953.81 of the Revised Code shall submit an application for...
• Section 2953.73 - Form And Service Of Application.
  (A) An eligible offender who wishes to request DNA testing to be conducted under sections 2953.71 to 2953.81 of the Revised Code shall submit...
• Section 2953.74 - Effect Of Prior Tests.
  (A) If an eligible offender submits an application for DNA testing under section 2953.73 of the Revised Code and a prior definitive DNA test...
• Section 2953.75 - Prosecutor To Use Reasonable Diligence To Obtain Biological Material For Test.
  (A) If an eligible offender submits an application for DNA testing under section 2953.73 of the Revised Code, the court shall require the prosecuting...
• Section 2953.76 - Prosecutor To Consult With Testing Authority.
  If an eligible offender submits an application for DNA testing under section 2953.73 of the Revised Code, the court shall require the prosecuting attorney...
• Section 2953.77 - Chain Of Custody.
  (A) If an eligible offender submits an application for DNA testing under section 2953.73 of the Revised Code and if the application is accepted...
• Section 2953.78 - Selection Of Testing Authority.
  (A) If an eligible offender submits an application for DNA testing under section 2953.73 of the Revised Code and if the application is accepted...
• Section 2953.79 - Obtaining Sample From Applicant.
  (A) If an eligible offender submits an application for DNA testing under section 2953.73 of the Revised Code and if the application is accepted...
• Section 2953.80 - Criteria For Testing Authority.
  (A) The attorney general shall not approve or designate a testing authority for conducting DNA testing under section 2953.78 of the Revised Code, and...
• Section 2953.81 - Test Results.
  If an eligible offender submits an application for DNA testing under section 2953.73 of the Revised Code and if DNA testing is performed based...
• Section 2953.82 - [Repealed] Criterai For Requesting Test.
  Repealed by 128th General AssemblyFile No.30, SB 77, §2, eff. 7/6/2010. Effective Date: 10-29-2003; 05-18-2005; 07-11-2006
• Section 2953.83 - Rules Of Criminal Procedure Applicable.
  In any court proceeding under sections 2953.71 to 2953.81 of the Revised Code, the Rules of Criminal Procedure apply, except to the extent that...
• Section 2953.84 - Statutory Post-conviction Dna Testing Not Exclusive.
  The provisions of sections 2953.71 to 2953.81 of the Revised Code by which an offender may obtain postconviction DNA testing are not the exclusive...

Last modified: October 10, 2016