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With another election day almost upon us, the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law has produced a splendid white paper and proposal entitled “Choosing State Judges: A Plan for Reform.” The Brennan Center is a non-partisan public policy and law institute that focuses on the fundamental issues of democracy and justice.
According to the…
With another election day almost upon us, the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law has produced a splendid white paper and proposal entitled “Choosing State Judges: A Plan for Reform.” The Brennan Center is a non-partisan public policy and law institute that focuses on the fundamental issues of democracy and justice.
According to the…
On October 3, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in State v. Vega, 2018-Ohio-4002. In a unanimous opinion written by Justice O’Donnell, in which Judge Marilyn Zayas of the First District Court of Appeals sat for the recused Justice DeGenaro, and Chief Justice O’Connor concurred in judgment only, the court…
On September 27, 2018, by a vote of 5-2, the Supreme Court of Ohio dismissed Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Burd, 2018-Ohio-3891 as improvidently accepted. Sitting for Justice O’Donnell on the case was Judge Robin N. Piper III of the Twelfth District Court of Appeals. Sitting for Justice DeGenaro was Judge Charles Miller of the…
On September 20, 2018, by a 4-3 vote, the Supreme Court of Ohio dismissed In re L.G. Slip Opinion No. 2018-Ohio-3750, as improvidently accepted. The issue in the case was whether a minor’s rights against self-incrimination were violated when he was questioned in the presence of police officers by a school resource supervisor, who was…
Case Background
Demetrius Jackson was arrested for raping 14-year-old C.H. While Jackson was in the county jail, he was interviewed by a Cuyahoga County Division of Children and Family Services social worker, who did not give Jackson the Miranda warnings. Jackson told the social worker that he had had consensual oral sex with C.H., and…
“…Martin cannot prevail on the merits of her safe-harbor claim because she cannot show that plain error occurred in the juvenile court.”
Justice French, majority opinion
“The record here demonstrates plain error in that the juvenile court deviated from the statute because it never considered or addressed whether Martin’s victimization by Kerney related to these…
Update: On December 7, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
On August 1, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the case Ann Wayt v. DHSC, LLC, 2017-1548. At issue is whether R.C. 2315.18 caps non-economic compensatory damages…
Update: On December 7, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
On August 1, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the case Ann Wayt v. DHSC, LLC, 2017-1548. At issue is whether R.C. 2315.18 caps non-economic compensatory damages…
“The risk-assessment determination made by the General Assembly in enacting R.C. 2923.13 does not undermine the rehabilitative purpose of the juvenile-justice system, nor does it give rise to the due-process concerns we were called upon to resolve in Hand. Framed differently, the lack of a right to a jury trial, as well as other…
