Legal Opinion
State v. West
Ohio Court of Appeals
Decided June 30, 2017No. C–150587PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Myers, Judge.
{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant Jack West appeals the Hamilton County Common Pleas Court's judgment overruling his Crim.R. 32.1 motion to withdraw his guilty pleas to sexual battery. We reverse the judgment in part, upon our determination that the court abused its discretion in overruling the motion without first conducting an evidentiary hearing on West's claim of actual innocence.
{¶ 2} In 1990, West was indicted on eight counts of rape. The offenses were alleged to have occurred between 1984 and 1987. The alleged victim, West's son Jason, was during those years, under the age of 13.…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- State v. XieOhio Supreme Court · 1992
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