State ex rel. Ferguson v. Court of Claims

{¶ 1} On November 20, 1999, appellant, John Ferguson, was the victim of á criminal assault in Wood County, Ohio. On January 18, 2000, Ferguson applied for a reparations award under the Victims of Crime Act, R.C. 2743.51 et seq.

{¶ 2} Following an investigation, appellee Ohio Attorney General recommended that Ferguson’s application be denied under R.C. 2743.60(E) because he had engaged in felonious conduct within ten years prior to the criminally injurious conduct that gave rise to his claim. In February 2001, a single commissioner of appellee Court of Claims of Ohio, Victims of Crime Division,…