Legal Opinion

Minnick v. State

Ohio Court of Appeals

Decided March 4, 1929No. 9427PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtSullivan, J.

It is claimed that the court committed error in changing the first sentence to the Reformatory to imprisonment in the Ohio State Penitentiary. It is well settled in Ohio that a court, during term time has control of its docket and its judgments and that the same may be changed if duly made upon good cause shown, without the court being guilty of the abuse of the exercise of sound discretion.

This authority is found in the case of Lee vs. State of Ohio, 32 Oh. St., page 113.

In the case of Antonio vs. Milliken, 29 Oh. St., page 305, we find similar authority.

It may be argued that the cases cited…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People v. MeserveyMichigan Supreme Court · 1889
  2. People v. KelleyMichigan Supreme Court · 1890

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. State v. AddisonOhio Court of Appeals · 1987

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