CLEVELAND, Ohio - An appellate court Thursday threw out the conviction of a man accused of strangling and shooting at his former girlfriend because of a Cuyahoga County judge’s error.

Daryl Cuyler, 38, of Leavittsburg pleaded guilty in 2023 to felonious assault and strangulation and was sentenced to four years in prison.

A three-judge panel of the 8th Ohio District Court of Appeals, however, found that Common Pleas Judge Steven Gall accepted Cuyler’s plea without properly informing him of the ramifications, records show.

“Upon a thorough review of the transcript, we find that the trial court completely failed to comply with a portion of (the state rules for criminal procedure),” reads the opinion by 8th District Judge Deena Calabrese. Jurists Eileen T. Gallagher and Emanuella Groves con

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