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2008 CASE STATISTICS
notes
1. This category includes cases in which the appellant sought jurisdiction as both a
discretionary appeal and a claimed appeal of right.
2. All three death penalty cases filed in 2008 were appeals from the courts of
common pleas in which the death penalty was imposed for an offense committed
on or after Jan. 1, 1995.
3. See page 42 for a breakdown of cases relating to the practice of law that were
filed in 2008.
4. This category includes cases in which the appellant sought jurisdiction as both a
discretionary appeal and a claimed appeal of right.
5. This category includes one case involving an appeal from a court of appeals for a
capital offense committed before Jan. 1, 1995, and four cases involving appeals
from the courts of common pleas in which the death penalty was imposed for an
offense committed on or after Jan. 1, 1995.
6. This number includes two appeals, case nos. 2007-1832 and 2008-0678,
that were initially dismissed by the Court, but later accepted on motions for
reconsideration.
7. See page 43 for the final dispositions entered in practice of law cases.
8. All 16 cases involve appeals from the courts of common pleas in which the death
penalty was imposed for an offense committed on or after Jan. 1, 1995.
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2008 Annual Report • The Supreme Court of Ohio