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Ohio Rev. Code § 2953.84 (2026)

Statutory post-conviction DNA testing not exclusive

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Cited in 12 cases (6 in the last 5 years), 2011–2026 · leading case: State v. Apanovitch (Slip Opinion), 2018 Ohio 4744 (Ohio 2018).
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State v. Apanovitch (Slip Opinion), 2018 Ohio 4744 (Ohio 2018). · cites it 4× “" This argument relies principally on R.C. 2953.84, which provides: The provisions of sections 2953.”
State v. Reed, 2024 Ohio 5412 (Ohio Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 8× “The State contended that R.C. 2953.84 was “limited and vague” and that courts should still require an applicant to prove that the DNA testing would be outcome determinative prior to granting any such request for testing.”
State v. Widmer, 2013 Ohio 62 (Ohio Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 2× “77, which now contains the language in R.C. 2953.84 that, The provisions of sections 2953.”
State v. Gavin, 2022 Ohio 3027 (Ohio Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 4× “He further argues that R.C. 2953.84 provides that R.C. 2953.71-81 “do not limit or affect any other means by which an offender may obtain postconviction DNA testing.”
State v. Spaulding, 2018 Ohio 3663 (Ohio Ct. App. 2018). “72(A) because R.C. 2953.84 provides other means apart from R.”
State v. Emerick, 2011 Ohio 5543 (Ohio Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “71 specifically states that an “application” under the postconviction DNA statute means a request “for the state to do DNA testing on biological material.”
State v. Lucas, 2012 Ohio 2826 (Ohio Ct. App. 2012). “{¶9} It is true that R.C. 2953.84 specifically states that: [t]he provisions of sections 2953.”
Widmer v. Warden, Corr. Reception Ctr. (S.D. Ohio 2023). · cites it 2× “§ 2953.84. Although this section provides no alternatives, nor examples of other means to be granted testing, Widmer argued that his postconviction request for victim DNA testing could fall under this catch-all.”
Ryan Widmer v. Jossette Okereke (6th Cir. 2025). “” Ohio Rev. Code § 2953.84. Section 2953.21 further allows courts to authorize “any .”
Commonwealth v. Tanner (Mass. 2026). “§ 651 -D:2(VII) ("Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit the circumstances under which a person may obtain DNA testing or other post-conviction relief under any other provision of state or federal law"); Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2953.84 ("The provisions .”
State v. Andrews, 2019 Ohio 1771 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). “The trial court erred by implicitly denying appellant’s request for DNA testing under R.C. 2953.84 without explaining its reasoning.”
State v. Riley, 2026 Ohio 1453 (Ohio Ct. App. 2026). “See R.C. 2953.84 (“[S]ections 2953.71 to 2953.”
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