State v. Roberts

{¶ 1} In this appeal, we decide whether the obligation to preserve and catalog criminal-offense-related biological evidence imposed upon certain government entities by R.C. 2933.82 applies to evidence in the possession of those entities at the time of the statute’s effective date. We hold that R.C. 2933.82 is not retroactive, but that it does apply to biological evidence in the possession of governmental evidence-retention entities at the time of its effective date. Accordingly, we reverse the judgment of the court of appeals and remand to the trial court for further proceedings consistent…