STATE EX REL. SUWALSKI v. PEELER

No. 2020-0755.

188 N.E.3d 1048 (2021)

167 Ohio St.3d 38

2021-Ohio-4061

The STATE EX REL. SUWALSKI, Appellee, v. PEELER, Judge; Ewing, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided November 18, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ohio Crime Victim Justice Center and Elizabeth A. Well ; and Ohio Domestic Violence Network and Micaela Deming , for appellee.

Christopher Pagan , for appellant.

Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff, L.L.P., Gregory J. Phillips , Cleveland, Addisah Sherwood , and James J. Walsh Jr. , Cleveland; and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, L.L.P., Bruce A. Ericson , Julia E. Judish , Jeetander T. Dulani , Charrise L. Alexander , Alton L. Hare , and Katherine T. Danial , urging affirmance for amici curiae Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project, Aequitas, The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland, Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc., and Legal Aid of Western Ohio, Inc.


{¶ 1} Appellant, Roy Ewing, was convicted in Warren County of misdemeanor domestic violence for assaulting his then-wife, appellee, Jamie Suwalski. As a result of that conviction, federal law prohibits Ewing from possessing a firearm, see 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(9), unless...

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