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“Miller mistakenly equates strict compliance with a requirement that the judge recite the provisions of Crim.R. 11(C)(2)(c) almost verbatim… We have never mandated that a trial court use particular words in order to comply with Crim.R. 11(C)(2)(c).”
Justice Fischer, opinion of the Court
On April 14, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a…
On April 17, 2020, Governor Mike DeWine commuted the sentence of sex-trafficking victim Alexis Martin. While a juvenile, Martin was involved in a robbery and house burglary gone awry in which her trafficker was shot and killed, although she was not the shooter. Martin was bound over to adult court where she pleaded guilty to…
Update: On December 22, 2020 the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
Update: On May 1, 2020, after the case was argued, the Court requested additional briefing from the parties in this case. Read about that here.
On April 28, 2020, the Supreme Court of…
Update: On June 22, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court denied cert. in this case
Case Background
In 2006, Travis Soto told the police he had accidentally killed his young son Julio in an all-terrain vehicle (“ATV”) accident. Soto was charged with child endangering and involuntary manslaughter. Soto negotiated a plea in which he pled guilty…
Update: On July 23, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
“Well the sequence is what I think is at play here.”
Chief Justice O’Connor, to counsel for the Cleveland Clinic
“What do you think should have happened on that Friday?”
Justice Stewart, to…
“We agree with the reasoning in Perdue and hold that there is a strong presumption that the reasonable hourly rate multiplied by the number of hours worked, which is sometimes referred to as the “lodestar,” is the proper amount for an attorney-fee award.”
Justice Stewart, opinion of the Court
On March 25, 2020, the Supreme…
“We agree with the reasoning in Perdue and hold that there is a strong presumption that the reasonable hourly rate multiplied by the number of hours worked, which is sometimes referred to as the “lodestar,” is the proper amount for an attorney-fee award.”
Justice Stewart, opinion of the Court
On March 25, 2020, the Supreme…
Merit Decision: Judgment Creditor of City Employee Cannot Assert Right of Indemnification Against the City Under R.C.2744.07. Ayers v. Cleveland
“…indemnification does not exist to benefit a third party.”
Justice Fischer, majority opinion
“The statute cannot be applied in a way that subjects employees to financial ruin or that allows employees to control whether a …
On December 16, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
“The index card cannot be rehabilitated by 2107. 24?”
Chief Justice O’Connor, to counsel for Terry Schaffer
“So, you are saying that the court, given the circumstances under which this notecard was executed, can…
“We conclude that a discovery deposition conducted outside the presence of a judge is not a proceeding within the meaning of R.C. 2303.21 and thus the cost of procuring the transcript of such a deposition may not be recovered as a cost under Civ.R. 54(D).”
Justice DeWine, Majority Opinion
On March 13, 2020, the Supreme…
