Case Name: In re Grand Jury
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1996-08-07
Citations: 76 Ohio St. 3d 236
Docket Number: No. 95-1334
Parties: In re Grand Jury.
Judges: Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer and Stratton, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 76
Pages: 236–238

Head Matter:
In re Grand Jury.
[Cite as In re Grand Jury (1996), 76 Ohio St.3d 236.]
(No. 95-1334
— Submitted June 4, 1996
— Decided August 7, 1996.)
Michael G. Spahr, Washington County Prosecuting Attorney, Allison L. Cauthorn-Kreiss and Kevin A. Rings, Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, for appellee state of Ohio.
David H. Bodiker, Ohio Public Defender, Randall L. Porter and Randy D. Ashbum, Assistant Public Defenders; and Pamela Prude-Smithers, Assistant Federal Public Defender, for appellant Michael Elkins.
Warner & Warner Co., L.P.A., and Roger Warner, for appellant Samuel Metz.

Opinion:
Cook, J.
In this case, we revisit the issue of final appealable orders and, in so doing, affirm the court of appeals. In Polikoff v. Adam (1993), 67 Ohio St.3d 100, 616 N.E.2d 213, at syllabus, we stated, "Orders that are entered in actions that were recognized at common law or in equity and were not specially created by statute are not orders entered in special proceedings pursuant to R.C. 2505.02." Grand jury proceedings, having existed at common law, are not "special proceedings," notwithstanding the fact that they have been codified. See State ex rel Doerfler v. Price (1920), 101 Ohio St. 50, 54, 128 N.E. 173, 175; R.C. 2941.02 et seq.
Judgment affirmed.
Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer and Stratton, JJ., concur.