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Top Ten Blog Hits of 2020
Every year I prepare a list of the top ten blog hits. The first three are perennial favorites, but after that, the rest are new this year. Here is the list for 2020:
1. Titles of Former and Retired Judges, Revisited. This is a perennial favorite. I’m glad…
“Here, there is simply no textual basis to support requiring a trial court to make explicit findings on the record regarding the defendant’s ability to pay before assessing court-appointed-counsel fees.”
Justice Fischer, lead opinion
“Nothing in the Revised Code explicitly grants trial courts the authority to assess appointed-counsel fees as part of a criminal case.”…
“Here, there is simply no textual basis to support requiring a trial court to make explicit findings on the record regarding the defendant’s ability to pay before assessing court-appointed-counsel fees.”
Justice Fischer, lead opinion
“Nothing in the Revised Code explicitly grants trial courts the authority to assess appointed-counsel fees as part of a criminal case.”…
Update: On March 4,2021, the trial court vacated the anti-procreation community control provision the Supreme Court of Ohio struck down in its decision.
“The statutory scheme does not criminalize the failure to support one’s dependents in and of itself. Rather, it penalizes an individual’s failure to provide the mandated support that he can pay…It…
Update: On March 4,2021, the trial court vacated the anti-procreation community control provision the Supreme Court of Ohio struck down in its decision.
“The statutory scheme does not criminalize the failure to support one’s dependents in and of itself. Rather, it penalizes an individual’s failure to provide the mandated support that he can pay…It…
On December 21, 2020, the Court dismissed State of Ohio v. Christian Carlisle,2020-Ohio-6750 holding that the conflict in the case was improvidently certified. The conflict was whether R.C. 2909.15(D)(2)(b), the reduction provision of the Arson Offender Registration Statute, unconstitutionally violates the separation of powers doctrine. The Court also ordered that the opinion of…
On December 21, 2020, the Court dismissed State of Ohio v. Christian Carlisle,2020-Ohio-6750 holding that the conflict in the case was improvidently certified. The conflict was whether R.C. 2909.15(D)(2)(b), the reduction provision of the Arson Offender Registration Statute, unconstitutionally violates the separation of powers doctrine. The Court also ordered that the opinion of…
Update: On December 28, 2020, the Normans filed a motion for clarification or reconsideration of the merit decision in this case. On December 31, 2020, the Court granted the Normans’ motion, and explained, in footnote one of the reconsidered opinion that
“On December 16, 2020, this court issued its judgment and original opinion in this…
Update: On December 28, 2020, the Normans filed a motion for clarification or reconsideration of the merit decision in this case. On December 31, 2020, the Court granted the Normans’ motion, and explained, in footnote one of the reconsidered opinion that
“On December 16, 2020, this court issued its judgment and original opinion in this…
Justice Michael Donnelly and First District Court of Appeals Judge Pierre Bergeron have co-authored an article in The Atlantic titled “How a Spreadsheet Could Change the Criminal Justice System” in which they argue that “a lack of data instills trial-court judges with enormous, largely unrestrained sentencing power,” and make the case for a sentencing database…
