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cited 3× by 3 distinct cases, 2022–2023 · …in writing in the manner provided by r.c. 2945.05. ≈ altered
281 citation events (163 in the last 25 years) across 5 distinct courts.
Strongest positive: State v. Dallman (ohioctapp, 2018-07-09)
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discussed Cited as authority (verbatim quote) State v. Dallman
Ohio Ct. App. · 2018 · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote · confidence high
the criminal rules supersede the analogous statutes to the extent of any conflict
cited Cited as authority (rule) State v. Doolittle
Ohio Ct. App. · 2026 · confidence medium
Law {¶ 7} “The accused’s right to be tried by a jury is secured in this state by Section 10, Article I of the Ohio Constitution and R.C. 2945.17.” State v. Tate, 59 Ohio St.2d 50, 51-52 (1979).
cited Cited as authority (rule) State v. Thomas
Ohio Ct. App. · 2025 · confidence medium
State v. Tate, 59 Ohio St.2d 50, 52 (1979), citing Hoffman v. State, 98 Ohio St. 137 (1918), paragraph one of the syllabus. {¶ 12} Crim.R. 23(A) states in relevant part as follows: . . .
cited Cited as authority (rule) State v. Simpson
Ohio Ct. App. · 2024 · confidence medium
Further, “[t]he accused’s right to be tried by a jury is secured in this state by Article I, Section 10 of the Ohio Constitution . . . .” State v. Tate, 59 Ohio St.2d 50, 52 (1979).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) State v. Rogers
Ohio Ct. App. · 2023 · confidence medium
Additionally, Section 5, Article I of the Ohio Constitution states that the “right of trial by jury shall be inviolate.” However, “‘[t]he guarantee of a jury trial in criminal cases contained in the state and federal Constitutions is not an absolute and unrestricted right in Ohio with respect to misdemeanors, and a statute, ordinance or authorized rule of court may validly condition the right to a jury trial in such a case on a written demand therefor * * *.’” State v. Tate, 59 Ohio St.2d 50, 52 (1979), quoting Mentor v. Giordano, 9 Ohio St.2d 140 (1967), paragraph one of the sylla…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) State v. Glaspy
Ohio Ct. App. · 2023 · confidence medium
This guarantee is not absolute and unrestricted. “‘[T]he guarantee of a jury trial in criminal cases contained in the state and federal Constitutions is not an absolute and unrestricted right in Ohio with respect to misdemeanors, and a statute, ordinance or authorized rule of court may validly condition the right to a jury trial in such a case on a written demand therefor * * *.’” State v. Tate, 59 Ohio St.2d 50, 52 (1979), quoting Mentor v. Giordano, 9 Ohio St.2d 140 (1967), paragraph one of the syllabus. {¶9} The United States Supreme Court sets high standards of proof for the waive…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) State v. White (2×) also: Cited "see, e.g."
Ohio Ct. App. · 2022 · confidence medium
He now appeals and assigns the following as error: {¶3} “The trial court erred because the court had no jurisdiction to conduct a bench trial without a proper jury waiver.” {¶4} “The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, made applicable to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment, guarantees an accused the right to trial by jury.” State v. Lomax, 114 Ohio St.3d 350 , 2007-Ohio-4277 , ¶6, Further, “[t]he accused’s right to be tried by a jury is secured in this state by Article I, Section 10 of the Ohio Constitution.” State v. Tate, 59 Ohio St.2d 50, 52 (1979).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) State v. Thompson
Ohio Ct. App. · 2019 · confidence medium
“The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, made applicable to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment, guarantees an accused the right to trial by jury.” (Emphasis added.) State v. Lomax, 114 Ohio St.3d 350 , 2007-Ohio-4277 , ¶6, citing Duncan v. Louisiana, 391 U.S. 145 (1968). 7 Further, “[t]he accused’s right to be tried by a jury is secured in this state by Article I, Section 10 of the Ohio Constitution.” (Emphasis added.) State v. Tate, 59 Ohio St.2d 50, 52 (1979).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) State v. Holtman
Ohio Ct. App. · 2019 · confidence medium
Clermont No. CA2018-03-011, 2018-Ohio-4259, ¶ 8 , citing State v. v. Tate, 59 Ohio St.2d 50, 52 (1979). {¶ 40} Crim.R. 23(A) provides that "[i]n petty offense cases, where there is a right of jury trial, the defendant shall be tried by the court unless he demands a jury trial.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) State v. Graham
Ohio Ct. App. · 2018 · confidence medium
State v. Reese, 106 Ohio St.3d 65 , 2005-Ohio-3806 , 831 N.E.2d 983, ¶ 9 , citing State v. Pless, 74 Ohio St.3d 333, 339-340 , 658 N.E.2d 766 (1996) and Tate, 59 Ohio St.2d at 53-54, 9 . 391 N.E.2d 738 .
discussed Cited as authority (rule) State v. Prues
Ohio Ct. App. · 2018 · confidence medium
State v. Tate, 59 Ohio St. 2d 50, 52 (1979). {¶ 9} Crim.R. 23(A) provides that "[i]n petty offense cases, where there is a right of jury trial, the defendant shall be tried by the court unless he demands a jury trial.
cited Cited as authority (rule) State v. Roberts
Ohio Ct. App. · 2015 · confidence medium
Further, “[t]he accused’s right to be tried by a jury is secured in this state by Article I, Section 10 of the Ohio Constitution.” State v. Tate, 59 Ohio St.2d 50, 52 (1979).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Haliym v. Mitchell
6th Cir. · 2007 · confidence medium
Petitioner argues that the requirement of strict compliance was mandated by the Ohio Supreme Court’s decision in State v. Tate, 391 N.E.2d 738, 738 (Ohio 1979) (syllabus) (“[I]t must appear of record that such defendant waived this right in writing in the manner provided by [O.] R.C. [§] 2945.05, in order for the trial court to have jurisdiction to try the defendant without a jury.”).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Haliym v. Mitchell (2×)
6th Cir. · 2007 · confidence medium
Petitioner argues that the requirement of strict compliance was mandated by the Ohio Supreme Court's decision in State v. Tate, 59 Ohio St.2d 50 , 391 N.E.2d 738, 738 (1979) (syllabus) ("[I]t must appear of record that such defendant waived this right in writing in the manner provided by [O.]R.C. [ง] 2945.05, in order for the trial court to have jurisdiction to try the defendant without a jury.").
examined Cited as authority (rule) State v. Brooks, Unpublished Decision (9-1-2006) (3×) also: Cited "see"
Ohio Ct. App. · 2006 · confidence medium
The Court then concluded that since the written waiver statute was not complied with, the misdemeanor defendant " was denied his constitutional right to trial by jury. " Id. at 54 (emphasis added). {¶ 59} Notably, the Court included in its quote of the relevant constitutional law the provision in Article 1, Section 10 that begins, "Except in cases involving offenses for which the penalty provided is less than imprisonment in the penitentiary * * *." Id. at 51, 55, fn. 2 .
cited Cited as authority (rule) Beckovich v. Coyle
N.D. Ohio · 1998 · confidence medium
Id. at 739.
cited Cited "see" State v. Watts
Ohio Ct. App. · 2023 · signal: accord · confidence high
Accord State v. Tate, 59 Ohio St.2d 50, 52 (1979).
examined Cited "see" State v. Sweeting (5×)
Ohio Ct. App. · 2019 · signal: see · confidence high
See State v. Tate, 59 Ohio St.2d 50, 52-54 , 391 N.E.2d 738 (1979) (“[w]here a defendant in a petty offense case has a right to trial by jury and pleads not guilty and demands a jury trial in the manner provided by Crim.R. 23(A), it must appear of record that such defendant waived this right in writing in the manner provided by R.C. 2945.05, in order for the trial court to have jurisdiction to try the defendant without a jury”); State v. Anderson, 12th Dist.
examined Cited "see" State v. Burnside (3×)
Ohio Ct. App. · 2010 · signal: see · confidence high
See State v. Tate (1979), 59 Ohio St.2d 50 , 13 O.O.3d 36 , 391 N.E.2d 738 . {¶ 47} In Ohio, Crim.R. 23 and R.C. 2945.05 govern a felony defendant’s waiver of his jury-trial rights.
cited Cited "see" State v. Straka, Unpublished Decision (6-5-2006)
Ohio Ct. App. · 2006 · signal: see · confidence high
See State v. Tate (1979), 59 Ohio St.2d 50 , 51 . {¶ 5} However, there is no absolute right to a jury trial in cases where the defendant has been charged with misdemeanor offenses.
examined Cited "see" City of Toledo v. Prude, Unpublished Decision (6-20-2003) (3×)
Ohio Ct. App. · 2003 · signal: see · confidence high
See State v. Tate (1979), 59 Ohio St.2d 50 , 13 O.O.3d 36 , 391 N.E.2d 738 ; State v. Cheadle (1986), 30 Ohio App.3d 253 , 253 . * * *" Appellant relies upon State v. Cheadle (1986), 30 Ohio App.3d 253 , in support of his assignment of error.
examined Cited "see" State v. Pflanz (3×)
Ohio Ct. App. · 1999 · signal: see · confidence high
See State v. Tate (1979), 59 Ohio St.2d 50 , 13 O.O.3d 36 , 391 N.E.2d 738 ; State v. Cheadle (1986), 30 Ohio App.3d 253 , 30 OBR 412, 507 N.E.2d 426 ; State v. Crawley (Dec. 11, 1998), Hamilton App. No. C-980254, unreported, 1998 WL 852599 ; State v. Whaley (Jan. 26, 1983), Hamilton App. No. C-820254, unreported, 1983 WL 5405 ; see, also, State v. Pless *340 (1996), 74 Ohio St.3d 333 , 658 N.E.2d 766 , paragraph one of the syllabus.
examined Cited "see" State v. Pless (3×)
Ohio · 1996 · signal: see · confidence high
See State v. Tate (1979), 59 Ohio St.2d 50 , 13 O.O.3d 36 , 391 N.E.2d 738 , and State ex rel.
examined Cited "see" State v. Pless (3×)
Ohio · 1996 · signal: see · confidence high
See State v. Tate (1979), 59 Ohio St.2d 50 , 13 O.O.3d 36 , 391 N.E.2d 738 , and State ex rel.
examined Cited "see" State v. Edwards (3×)
Ohio Ct. App. · 1995 · signal: see · confidence high
See State v. Tate (1979), 59 Ohio St.2d 50, 54 , 13 O.O.3d 36, 38-39 , 391 N.E.2d 738, 740 .
examined Cited "see" State v. Johnson (3×)
Ohio Ct. App. · 1992 · signal: see · confidence high
See State v. Tate (1979), 59 Ohio St.2d 50 , 13 O.O.3d 36 , 391 N.E.2d 738 (where there is no conflict between the criminal rules and statutory law, the statute remains effective).
discussed Cited "see" State v. Levy (2×)
Ohio Ct. App. · 1988 · signal: see · confidence high
See State v. Tate (1979), 59 Ohio St. 2d 50 , 13 O.O. 3d 36, 391 N.E. 2d 738 .
discussed Cited "see" Carl Sectional Home, Inc. v. Key Corp. (2×)
Ohio Ct. App. · 1981 · signal: see · confidence high
See State v. Tate (1979), 59 Ohio St. 2d 50 [ 13 O.O.3d 36 ], certiorari denied (1979), 444 U.S. 967 , where, in a criminal case, a defendant represented by counsel was held not to have waived his right to a jury trial when the statutory waiver provisions were not complied with merely by trying the case, while represented by counsel, without complaining about proceeding without a jury.
discussed Cited "see, e.g." State v. Phillips (2×)
Ohio Ct. App. · 2017 · signal: see also · confidence low
Id.; see App.R. 9(A)(1) (“The original papers and exhibits thereto filed in the trial court, the transcript of proceedings, if any, including exhibits, and a certified copy of the docket and journal entries prepared by the clerk of the trial court shall constitute the record on appeal in all cases.”); see also State v. Tate, 59 Ohio St.2d 50 , 391 N.E.2d 738 (1979), fn. 1. 22. {¶ 37} Appellee argues that appellant cannot collaterally attack his 2010 Wood County and 2013 Lucas County felony convictions and sentences which are not part of this appeal nor properly in the record before this c…
discussed Cited "see, e.g." State v. Flaningan (2×)
Ohio Ct. App. · 2014 · signal: compare · confidence low
The Ohio Supreme Court has explained that waiver is not a matter of “magic words” or a “prolonged colloquy,” but simply a matter of complying with what Ohio law intends: “that a defendant while in the courtroom * * * acknowledge to the trial court that the defendant wishes to waive the right to a jury trial.” Lomax, 114 Ohio St.3d 350 , 2007- Ohio-4277, 872 N.E.2d 279 , at ¶ 48s; State v. Burnside, 186 Ohio App.3d 733 , 2010- Ohio-1235, 930 N.E.2d 372, ¶ 73 ; compare Tate, 59 Ohio St.2d at 55 , 391 N.E.2d 738 (Holmes, J., concurring) (suggesting that the General Assembly amend R.…
cited Cited "see, e.g." State v. Conn, 14-08-08 (10-14-2008)
Ohio Ct. App. · 2008 · signal: see also · confidence low
See also, State v. Tate (1979), 59 Ohio St.2d 50 , and State ex rel.
examined Cited "see, e.g." State v. Heyden (3×)
Ohio Ct. App. · 1992 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e.g., State v. Tate (1979), 59 Ohio St.2d 50, 54 , 13 O.O.3d 36, 38 , 391 N.E.2d 738, 740 .
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The State of Ohio
v.
Tate
No. 79-3.
Ohio Supreme Court.
Jul 11, 1979.
391 N.E.2d 738
Mr. Thomas A. Luebbers, city solicitor, Mr. Paul J. Corman and Mr. Terrence R. Cosgrove, for appellee., Messrs. Paxton <& Seasongoocl and Mr. Donald J. Mooney, Jr., for appellant.
Bbown, Brown, Celkbrezze, Herbert, Holmes, Looker, Sweeney.
Cited by 106 opinions  |  Published

Lead Opinion

Sweeney, J.

The issue presented by this appeal is whether appellant knoAvingly, intelligently and voluntarily waived his right to trial by jury.

The accused’s right to be tried by a jury is secured in this state by Section 10, Article I of the Ohio Constitution[2] [*52] and R. 0. 2945.17.[3] Since the potential, as well as the actual, penalty imposed for this misdemeanor violation was imprisonment, appellant Tate possessed this right. However, “ [t]he guarantee of a jury trial in criminal cases contained in the state and federal Constitutions is not an absolute and unrestricted right in Ohio with respect to misdemeanors, and a statute, ordinance, or authorized rule of court may validly condition the right to a jury trial in such a case on a written demand therefor * * Mentor v. Giordano (1967), 9 Ohio St. 2d 140, paragraph one of the syllabus. Such a rule is “not in any wise violative of the constitutional right to trial by jury.” Hoffman v. State (1918), 98 Ohio St. 137, paragraph one of the syllabus.

Crim R. 23 (A) is such a rule. It provides, in pertinent part:

“In serious offense cases the defendant * * * may knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily waive in writing his right to trial by jury. * * * In petty offense cases, where there is a right of jury trial, the defendant shall be tried by the court unless he demand's a jury trial. Such demand must be in writing * * *. Failure to demand a jury trial as provided in this subdivision is a complete waiver of the right thereto.”

Since the crime charged Avas a petty offense (see Crim. R. 2), appellant was required to, and did, timely file a written demand for a jury trial. However, the state contends that appellant subsequently waived this right he had previously preserved, by silently acquiescing to a trial to the court.

In affirming appellant’s conviction, the Court of Appeals accepted appellee’s contention that there was an implicit AvaiA7er. They stressed appellant’s intelligence, the awareness of both trial counsel and the observing attor[*53] ney of the procedural rules, and the complete lack of any objection to. the failure to impanel a jury as evidence of this waiver.

"While the circumstances of this cause could lead one to surmise that appellant was aware of the situation and possibly took advantage of it, we cannot accept the proposition that there was a waiver of, this right by silence.- To do so would not only conflict with years of constitutional precedent, it could well require this court to review the circumstances of all such similar cases t-o determine whether the conduct and! education of the accused and tire adequacy of his counsel would support such an implicit waiver in each instance. As was stated in Simmons v. State (1906), 75 Ohio St. 346, at paragraph two of the syllabus, ££-[s]ueh waiver must clearly and affirmatively appear upon the record, and it can not be assumed or implied by a reviewing court from the silence of ihe accused ® * ®.” Furthermore, £[e]very reasonable presumption should be made against-the waiver, especially when it relates to a right or privilege deemed so valuable as to be secured by the Constitution.’ Id., at page 352.

The problem of what constitutes an effective waiver of the right to a jury trial arises because, while Crim. E. 23(A) requires, in serious offense cases, that the waiver be in writing, it does not prescribe how the right is to be waived in petty offense cases, once it has been demanded. Fortunately, we can look to R. C. 2945.05 for assistance in remedying this -omission in-the rule. That statute provides, in part:

liIn all criminal cases pending in courts of record in this state, the defendant may waive a trial by jury and be tried by the court without a jury. Such waiver by a defendant, shall be in writing, signed by the defendant, and filed in said cause and made a part of the record thereof.” (Emphasis added.)

Under the authority of Section 5(B), Article IV of the[*54] Ohio Constitution,[5] the Criminal Rules .supersede the analogous statutes to the extent of any conflict. However, since there is no conflict between Crim. R. 23(A) and R. C. 2945.-05 in this specific situation, the statute remains effective, as prescribing the mandatory procedure for waiving the right to a jury trial in a petty offense case, once it has been demanded. The Court of Appeals in Lima v. Rambo (1960), 113' Ohio App. 158, 162, reached essentially the same conclusion, holding that, “ [i] t appearing of record that the defendant had pleaded not guilty and a jury trial had been demanded * * *, in a case in which the defendant had a right to trial by jury, it must also appear of record that the defendant had waived such right iu the manner provided by Section 2945.05, Revised Code, before the Municipal Court had jurisdiction to proceed to try the defendant without a jury.”

Since R. C. 2945.05 was not complied with in this instance, appellant was denied his constitutional right to trial by jury.6 This is prejudicial error which requires us to reverse the conviction of the trial court and the judgment of the Court of Appeals affirming that conviction, and remand the cause to the Hamilton County Municipal Court for a new trial.

Judgment reversed and cause remanded.

Celkbrezze, C. J.,. Herbert, W. Brown, P. Brown, Looker; and Holmes, JJ., concur.
2

This constitutional provision states, in relevant part:

“Except in * * * cases involving offenses for which the penalty provided is less than imprisonment in the penitentiary * * *. In[*52] any trial, in any court, the party accused shall be allowed * * * a speedy public trial by an impartial jury * *

3

“This statute provides:

“At any trial, in any court, for the violation of any statute of this state, or of any ordinance of any municipal corporation, except in cases in which the penalty involved does not exceed a fine of one hundred dollars, the accused has the right to be tried by a jury.”

5

This holding is not inconsistent with paragraph two of the syllabus in State v. Harris (1976), 48 Ohio St. 2d 351, wherein we found that a written waiver executed at the conclusion of the trial satisfied the requirements of Crim. R. 23(A). Presumably this procedure would also comply with R. C. 2945.05.

This section provides, in pertinent part, that “* * * [a]ll laws in conflict with such rules shall be of no further force or effect after such rules have taken effect.”

Concurrence

Holmes, J.,

concurring.

1 concur in the decision in this case, but feel compelled to make a few observations concerning the law that this court was compelled to apply even in light of the facts presented.

Justice Sweeney is correct in his conclusion that R. C.[*55] 2945.05 was not superseded by Crim. R. 23(A) even though so stated within the editorial comment of Page’s Ohio Revised Code. The substantive right of trial by jury as granted in R. C. 2945.05 is not necessarilv in conflict with Crim. R. 23(A).

However, under the facts as presented within thist case, and other similar circumstances where a definite waiver is shown by the knowing acts of the party, the law should reasonably allow a waiver to be effected in petty criminal cases. Here, the facts glaringly show that there was an obvious courtroom sandbagging perpetrated upon the trial judge by the defendant and his trial counsel.

Here, the record shows that the defendant is a man of above normal intelligence. He was represented by employed counsel, and the latter, when asked by the trial judge if the defendant rvas ready to proceed to trial, stated that he was ready and did not mention to the judge that he desired a jury trial. The trial proceeded and the defendant testified. Upon being found guilty of the offense charged, the defendant and his counsel had no comment to make to the court and, again, no mention of, or complaint about, proceeding without a jury.

It is my belief that, in order to avoid this type of situation in the future, prosecutors should make a more thorough review of the record lo determine the presence of a request for a jury. An even more appropriate permanent approach would be for the General Assembly to amend R. C. 2945.05 so that a waiver need only he in writing by one charged with a serious offense.

P. Bbown, J., concurs in the foregoing concurring opinion.