Update: On July 3, 2012, the Supreme Court of Ohio issued a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

On November 2, the Ohio Supreme Court will hear oral argument in the case of Murray Miller et al. v. Sam Miller et al., 2011-0024. At issue in this case is the interpretation

Update: the merit decision was handed down in this case on February 22, 2012.  Read the analysis here.

On November 1, 2011, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of State of Ohio v. Jason T. Carrick, 2011-0230.  The Court accepted the case on conflict certification on the

On October 16 the Supreme Court of Ohio dismissed State v. Ginley, case # 2010-1925 as improvidently allowed. 

Ginley deals with domestic violence victims who recant at trial prior statements to the police which criminally implicate their partners.  When the prosecution knows this will happen, it is precluded from introducing the out-of-court statements, since

In State v. Gunnell, the trial court granted a mistrial in a non-capital  murder case because during deliberations one of the jurors brought into the jury room independent research she had done on the internet on the definition of involuntary manslaughter.

At oral argument Justice O’Donnell asked why an alternate juror hadn’t been selected to

Update: The merit decision in this case was handed down January 25, 2012. Read the analysis of the decision here.

On Nov. 2, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of  In the Matter of Adoption of M.B., a case involving statutory construction on Ohio adoption laws, and one

Update: The merit decision in this case was handed down January 25, 2012. Read the analysis of the decision here.

On Nov. 2, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of  In the Matter of Adoption of M.B., a case involving statutory construction on Ohio adoption laws, and one

Update: On December 3, 2012, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

On November 2, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of State v. Hood, 2010-2260. The issue in this case is whether cell phone records may

Update: On December 3, 2012, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

On November 2, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of State v. Hood, 2010-2260. The issue in this case is whether cell phone records may

Update: The merit decision was handed down in this case May 23, 2012. Read the analysis of the decision here.

On October 19 the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in Jackson v. Bartec, Inc, #2011—0019. in which Zeno’s, a Columbus bar, challenges the enforcement of Ohio’s smoking ban law, O.R.C. Chapter 3794

On July 19, 2012, the Supreme Court issued a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis of the decision here.

On October 19 the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in State v. Gunnell,  2010-1636.  The case involves the granting of a mistrial in a murder case because a juror did independent