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    Kristen Del Guzzi conducted a study of cases handled by Hamilton County judges over three years. The study found that the Common Pleas Court had the highest percentage of cases appealed at 4.01%, followed by the Municipal Court at 0.46% and the Domestic Court at 0.35%. Additionally, the Municipal Court had the highest reversal rate of cases appealed at 20.80%, compared to 16.04% for the Domestic Court and 11.29% for the Common Pleas Court. The study also identified the individual judges in each court who had the highest percentages of cases appealed and cases reversed after being appealed.

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    Kristen Del Guzzi conducted a study of cases handled by Hamilton County judges over three years. The study found that the Common Pleas Court had the highest percentage of cases appealed at 4.01%, followed by the Municipal Court at 0.46% and the Domestic Court at 0.35%. Additionally, the Municipal Court had the highest reversal rate of cases appealed at 20.80%, compared to 16.04% for the Domestic Court and 11.29% for the Common Pleas Court. The study also identified the individual judges in each court who had the highest percentages of cases appealed and cases reversed after being appealed.

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    Kristen Del Guzzi conducted a study of cases handled by Hamilton County judges over three years. The study found that the Common Pleas Court had the highest percentage of cases appealed at 4.01%, followed by the Municipal Court at 0.46% and the Domestic Court at 0.35%. Additionally, the Municipal Court had the highest reversal rate of cases appealed at 20.80%, compared to 16.04% for the Domestic Court and 11.29% for the Common Pleas Court. The study also identified the individual judges in each court who had the highest percentages of cases appealed and cases reversed after being appealed.

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    Hamilton County Judges : Are the judges making more mistakes or is there an

    increased relaxation

    Hamilton county judges try thousands of cases per year. In an overwhelming majority of the
    case disposed, the verdict stands rendered. However, some cases are appealed, and of
    those appealed, some of the cases are reversed. Kristen Del Guzzi of The Cincinnati Enquirer
    conducted a study of cases handled by Hamilton County judges over a three-year period.

    A popular misconception is that cases are always appealed. Not often does a losing party
    have an automatic right of appeal. There usually must be a legal basis for the appeal—an
    alleged material error in the trial—not just the fact that the losing party didn’t like the
    verdict.

    In a civil case, either party may appeal to a higher court. In a criminal case, only the
    defendant has a right to an appeal in most states. Some states give the prosecution a limited
    right to appeal to determine certain points of law. These appeals usually occur before the
    actual trial begins.

    An appeal is not a retrial or a new trial of the case. The appeals courts do not usually
    consider new witnesses or new evidence. Appeals in either civil or criminal cases are usually
    based on arguments that there were errors in the trial’s procedure or errors in the judge's
    interpretation of the law.

    The party appealing is called the appellant, or sometimes the petitioner. The other party is
    the appellee or the respondent. The appeal is instituted with the filing of a notice of appeal.
    This filing marks the beginning of the time period within which the appellant must file
    a brief, a written argument containing that side's view of the facts and the legal arguments
    upon which they rely in seeking a reversal of the trial court. The appellee then has a
    specified time to file an answering brief. The appellant may then file a second brief
    answering the appellee's brief.

    The appellate court determines whether errors occurred in applying the law at the lower
    court level. It generally will reverse a trial court only for an error of law. Not every error of
    law, however, is cause for a reversal. Some are harmless errors that did not prejudice the
    rights of the parties to a fair trial.

    If the judgment is reversed, the appellate court will usually send the case back to a lower
    court ( remand it) and order the trial court to take further action. It may order that

     a new trial be held,


     the trial court's judgment be modified or corrected,
     the trial court reconsider the facts, take additional evidence, or consider the case in
    light of a recent decision by the appellate court.

    In a civil case, an appeal doesn’t ordinarily prevent the enforcement of the trial court's
    judgment. The winning party in the trial court may order the judgment executed. However,
    the appealing party can file an appeal or supersedeas bond.
    Court Comparison

    20.80%
    Reversal on Appealed 16.04%
    11.29%

    0.10%
    Reversed 0.06%
    0.45%

    0.46%
    Appealed 0.35%
    4.01%

    0.00% 5.00% 10.00% 15.00% 20.00% 25.00%

    Common Pleas Court Domestic Court Municipal Court

    Kristen Del Guzzi’s data showed that there is a higher number of cases appealed in the
    Common Pleas Court having an appeal percentage of 4.01% followed by Municipal court
    with 0.46% and domestic court having the least percentage of 35%.

    Further, in the cases being reversed when appealed, the Municipal court has the highest
    rate of reversal with 20.80% cases being reversed after being appealed. The Domestic court
    has a 16.04% reversal of cases that are appealed with Common Pleas court having the least
    reversal rate of 11.29%.

    Hence, the Common Pleas court has the highest percentage of cases being appealed and the
    percentage of cases being reversed is also comparative with the other courts.

    The highest percentage of cases being appealed in the Common Pleas court belong to Fred
    Cartolano, Robert Ruehlman and J. Howard Sundermann Jr. in the given order. The highest
    percentage of cases being reversed after getting appealed belong to William Mathews,
    William Morrissey and Patrick Dinkelacker in the given order.

    The highest percentage of cases being appealed in the Municipal Court belong to Fred
    Cartolano, Robert Ruehlman and J. Howard Sundermann Jr. in the given order. The highest
    percentage of cases being reversed after getting appealed belong to William Mathews,
    William Morrissey and Patrick Dinkelacker in the given order.

    The highest percentage of cases being appealed in the Domestic court belong to Mike Allen,
    Leslie Isaiah Gaines and Mark Schweikert in the given order. The highest percentage of cases
    being reversed after getting appealed belong to John A. West, Mark Painter and Leslie Isaiah
    Gaines in the given order.

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