State v. Johnson

[Cite as State v. Johnson, 173 Ohio St.3d 592,

2024-Ohio-134.] THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. JOHNSON, APPELLANT. [Cite as State v. Johnson, 173 Ohio St.3d 592,

2024-Ohio-134.] Criminal law—Postconviction relief—R.C. 2953.21 and 2953.23—Recantation evidence—Trial court could have no jurisdiction to entertain untimely, successive petition for postconviction relief unless petitioner established (1) that he was unavoidably prevented from timely discovering that victim had doubts about victim’s trial testimony and (2) that he would not have been convicted but for constitutional error at trial—R.C.…