State v. Cheadle

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction and sentence of the defendant by the Marysville Municipal Court for the offense of domestic violence in violation of R.C. 2919.25.

The major issue presented is procedural in nature and involves the right to trial by jury.

The appellant’s first assignment of error reads as follows:

“The trial court was without jurisdiction and its judgment is void where the trial court did not comply with the mandatory provisions of R.C. 2945.05 after defendant-appellant had demanded a trial by jury pursuant to Crim. R. 23(A).”

The docket and journal entries disclose…