Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Rev. Code § 2953.22 (2026)

Post conviction relief hearing

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Effective:

October 6, 1994

Latest Legislation:

House Bill 571 - 120th General Assembly

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If a hearing is granted pursuant to section 2953.21 of the Revised Code, the petitioner shall be permitted to attend the hearing. Testimony of the prisoner or other witnesses may be offered by deposition.

If the petitioner is in a state correctional institution, he may be returned for the hearing upon the warrant of the court of common pleas of the county where the hearing is to be held. The approval of the governor on the warrant shall not be required. The warrant shall be directed to the sheriff of the county in which the hearing is to be held. When a copy of the warrant is presented to the warden or other head of a state correctional institution, he shall deliver the convict to the sheriff, who shall convey him to the county. For removing and returning the convict, the sheriff shall receive the fees allowed for conveying convicts to the correctional institution.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 12 cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1967–2026 · leading case: State v. Graggs.

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State v. Graggs (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). “See also R.C. 2953.22(D).5 1. R.C. 2953.23(A)(1)(b) "but for the constitutional error.”

State v. Poffenbaugh (Ohio Ct. App. 1968). · cites it 2× “Under this section, should a judicial hearing be granted to the defendant, Section 2953.22, Bevised Code, provides the procedure and necessary process for the transportation of the defendant from the penal institution to the county where the hearing is to be held.”

State v. Leers (Ohio Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 2× “On January 22, 1992 he filed an application to expunge his record (R.C. 2953.22). On March 26, 1992 the court granted expungement and filed its journal entry on April 6, 1992.”

State v. Berk (Ohio Ct. App. 2024). “] The third assignment of error is the lower Court not holding a hearing as is required by Ohio R.C. 2953.22 when a defendant is proactive by requesting one.”

State v. Hooper (Ohio Ct. App. 2025). “Hooper requests that we reverse the trial court’s judgment and remand the case for a hearing pursuant to R.C. 2953.22. Standard of Review {¶10} “We review a decision to grant or deny a petition for postconviction relief, including the decision whether to afford the petitioner a…”

State v. Hough (Ohio Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “His sole assignment of error reads: “[The] Trial Court erred in denying Appellant’s Post Conviction Petition through its Order of Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, as to not ordering an evidentiary hearing, per R.C. §2953.22.” II. Law and Analysis {¶ 6} R.”

State v. DeJesus (Ohio Ct. App. 2026). · cites it 2× “21(E) and section 2953.22 of the Ohio Revised Code.”

State v. Beatty-Jones (Ohio Ct. App. 2017). “R.C. 2953.22(A) allows untimely petitions to be entertained under certain conditions, but Appellant did not assert any such conditions.”

State v. Lawson (Ohio 1967). · cites it 2× “*10 Although Section 2953.22, Revised Code, as now in effect, provides that it is not necessary that the prisoner be present at the hearing, a hearing certainly contemplates that each party have an opportunity to introduce evidence.”

Williams v. Warden Chillicothe Corr. Inst. (S.D. Ohio 2022). “Moreover, the second petition was untimely and the trial court [is] therefore barred by Ohio Revised Code § 2953.22 from exercising jurisdiction over it.”

State v. Moore (Ohio Ct. App. 1994). · cites it 2× “383, 131 Ohio Laws 684, 685 (prior version of R.C. 2953.22). If the court allowed the petitioner to attend the hearing, the court also was permitted to consider the testimony of all witnesses in the form of depositions.”

State v. Brown (Ohio Ct. App. 2024). “21(C), R.C. 2953.22, and R.C. 2953.23(A) and (B).”

— Ohio Rev. Code § 2953.22(A) — 1 case

State v. Beatty-Jones (Ohio Ct. App. 2017). “R.C. 2953.22(A) allows untimely petitions to be entertained under certain conditions, but Appellant did not assert any such conditions.”

— Ohio Rev. Code § 2953.22(D) — 1 case

State v. Graggs (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). “See also R.C. 2953.22(D).5 1. R.C. 2953.23(A)(1)(b) "but for the constitutional error.”

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