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Update: On March 13 2012, the Supreme Court of Ohio vacated the judgment of the court of appeals in this case, and remanded it back to the trial court to apply the holding in U.S. v. Jones, 132 S.Ct.945 (2012). The last paragraph of this post questioned why the Ohio Supreme Court was hearing this…
This case was dismissed as improvidently certified on October 27, 2011.
On October 4, the Ohio Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Artisan Mechanical, Inc. v. Beiser et al, 2011-0052. The issue in this case is whether a trial court is required to hold an evidentiary hearing to resolve a factual…
Death penalty decisions from the Ohio Supreme Court are long, depressing, and different. Long because the defendants raise every conceivable argument they can, even if the issues they raise have been decided many times. Depressing because of the facts and circumstances of the cases and the horror involved. Different because there is no denying it—a…
Death penalty decisions from the Ohio Supreme Court are long, depressing, and different. Long because the defendants raise every conceivable argument they can, even if the issues they raise have been decided many times. Depressing because of the facts and circumstances of the cases and the horror involved. Different because there is no denying it—a…
Update: On October 26 this case was dismissed as improvidently allowed.
On October 4 the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in State v. Ginley, case # 2010-1925. This case deals with the troubling issue of victims of domestic violence (the vast majority of whom are women) recanting at trial prior statements to…
Update: The merit decision in this case was handed down March 14, 2012. Read the analysis of the decision here.
On October 4 the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in Paul Jones et al. v. Centex Homes, case # 2010-1826. The issue acknowledged by both sides to be one of first…
Update: On October 16 the Supreme Court of Ohio dismissed State v. Ginley, case # 2010-1925 as improvidently allowed.
State v. Ginley comes to the Supreme Court after the Eighth District denied the State’s discretionary appeal. It involves a domestic violence criminal case and the application of Evid. R. 614(A)
A disturbingly common problem…
Update: The merit decision in this case was handed down March 14, 2012. Read the analysis of the decision here.
On October 4, 2011, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear arguments in Paul Jones et al. v. Centex Homes #10-1826. The main issues in this case are whether Ohio recognizes a waiver of…
This case was dismissed as improvidentally certified on October 27, 2011.
On Tuesday, October 4, the Ohio Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Artisan Mechanical, Inc. v. Beiser et al, 2011-0052. This case is brought to resolve a conflict between the courts of appeals on the following issue: “When there is a factual…
