Ohio Rev. Code § 2943.01
Arraignment and plea definitions.
The definition of "magistrate" set forth in section 2931.01 of the Revised Code applies to Chapter 2943. of the Revised Code.
Chapter 2943 | Arraignment; Pleas
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Ohio Rev. Code § 2943.02
Arraignment.
An accused person shall be arraigned by the clerk of the court of common pleas, or his deputy, reading the indictment or information to the accused, unless the accused or his attorney waives the reading thereof. He shall then be asked to plead thereto. Arraignment shall be made immediately after the disposition of exce…
Ohio Rev. Code § 2943.03
Pleas to indictment.
Pleas to an indictment or information are:(A) Guilty;(B) Not guilty;(C) A former judgment of conviction or acquittal of the offense;(D) Once in jeopardy;(E) Not guilty by reason of insanity.A defendant who does not plead guilty may enter one or more of the other pleas. A defendant who does not plead not guilty by reaso…
Ohio Rev. Code § 2943.031
Court to advise defendant as to possible deportation, exclusion or denial of naturalization upon guilty or no contest plea.
(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, prior to accepting a plea of guilty or a plea of no contest to an indictment, information, or complaint charging a felony or a misdemeanor other than a minor misdemeanor if the defendant previously has not been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a minor misdemeanor…
Ohio Rev. Code § 2943.032
Court to advise defendant as to possible extension of prison term.
(A) Prior to accepting a guilty plea or a plea of no contest to an indictment, information, or complaint that charges a felony, the court shall inform the defendant personally that, if the defendant pleads guilty or no contest to the felony so charged or any other felony, if the court imposes a prison term upon the def…
Ohio Rev. Code § 2943.033
Court to advise defendant of possible firearm restrictions.
(A) As used in this section, "person living as a spouse" means a person who is living or has lived with the defendant in a common law marital relationship, who otherwise is cohabiting with the defendant, or who otherwise has cohabited with the defendant within five years prior to the date of the alleged commission of t…
Ohio Rev. Code § 2943.04
Form of plea.
Pleas of guilty or not guilty may be oral. Pleas in all other cases shall be in writing, subscribed by the defendant or his counsel, and shall immediately be entered upon the minutes of the court.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2943.05
Form of plea of former conviction.
If a defendant pleads that he has had former judgment of conviction or acquittal, or has been once in jeopardy, he must set forth in his plea the court, time, and place of such conviction, acquittal, or jeopardy. No claim of former judgment of conviction or acquittal, or jeopardy may be given in evidence under the plea…
Ohio Rev. Code § 2943.06
Trial of issue on plea of former conviction.
If a defendant pleads a judgment of conviction, acquittal, or former jeopardy, the prosecuting attorney may reply that there is no such conviction, acquittal, or jeopardy. The issue thus made shall be tried to a jury, and on such trial the defendant must produce the record of such conviction, acquittal, or jeopardy, an…
Ohio Rev. Code § 2943.07
What is not former acquittal.
If a defendant was formerly acquitted on the ground of variance between the indictment or information and the proof, or if the indictment or information was dismissed, without a judgment of acquittal, upon an objection to its form or substance, or in order to hold the defendant for a higher offense, it is not an acquit…
Ohio Rev. Code § 2943.08
What is former acquittal.
Whenever a defendant is acquitted on the merits, he is acquitted of the same offense, notwithstanding any defect in form or substance in the indictment or information on which the trial was had.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2943.09
Conviction or acquittal of a higher offense.
When a defendant has been convicted or acquitted, or has been once in jeopardy upon an indictment or information, the conviction, acquittal, or jeopardy is a bar to another indictment or information for the offense charged in the former indictment or information, or for an attempt to commit the same offense, or for an…
Ohio Rev. Code § 2943.10
Proceedings after verdict on plea in bar.
If the issue on the plea in bar under section 2943.06 of the Revised Code is found for the defendant he shall be discharged. If the issue is found against the defendant the case shall proceed and be disposed of upon his other pleas.