State, Ex Rel. Corrigan v. Barnes

In my view, the key questions presented here are: (a) whether R.C. 2961.01 imposes punishment for criminal conduct rather than establishing qualifications for public office, and (b) whether the version of R.C. 2961.01 in effect in 1954 applied to Ohio federal court convictions. If R.C. 2961.01 is penal in nature, its terms cannot be applied retroactively to impose punishment for conduct preceding its effective date of January 1,1974, for the reasons stated by the majority opinion. Further, if R.C. 2961.01 is penal and the version in effect in 1954 did not impose disqualification from public…