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Case Background
Seth Cromer died at the age of five while a patient at the Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Akron. Seth’s parents brought him to the emergency room of the hospital on the evening of January 13, 2007 with an ear infection that worsened into a secondary infection. He died the next day in…
On October 10, 2017, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in State v. Bembry, 2017-Ohio-8114. In an opinion written by Justice O’Neill, the court held that the exclusion of evidence was not the proper remedy for the admitted violation in this case of Ohio’s knock-and-announce statute. Chief Justice O’Connor and…
Update: On February 8, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
Read the analysis of the oral argument here.
On October 17, 2017, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case Mark Schwartz, Individually and as the Executor of the…
Update: On February 6, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read an analysis here.
On September 26, 2017, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in Preterm-Cleveland, Inc. v. Governor John R. Kasich et al, 2016-1252. The issue in this case is whether Preterm-Cleveland Inc. has…
Update: On February 6, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read an analysis here.
On September 26, 2017, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in Preterm-Cleveland, Inc. v. Governor John R. Kasich et al, 2016-1252. The issue in this case is whether Preterm-Cleveland Inc. has…
Case Background
Brandon Moore was sentenced to an aggregate prison term of 112 years in prison for convictions for three counts each of aggravated robbery, rape, complicity to commit rape, and one count each of kidnapping, complicity to commit aggravated robbery, and aggravated menacing. Moore was fifteen years old when he committed these crimes. This…
Case Background
Brandon Moore was sentenced to an aggregate prison term of 112 years in prison for convictions for three counts each of aggravated robbery, rape, complicity to commit rape, and one count each of kidnapping, complicity to commit aggravated robbery, and aggravated menacing. Moore was fifteen years old when he committed these crimes. This…
“While we continue to characterize juvenile proceedings as civil rather than criminal in nature…the criminal aspect of delinquency proceedings is undeniable.”
Justice Kennedy, majority opinion.
“Today’s majority decision reinforces the criminal aspects of juvenile proceedings, not for the purpose of safeguarding a juvenile’s constitutional rights, but to limit appellate review of juvenile proceedings. The exercise…
Update: On January 4, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
“Is that the rule you want from this court—if you don’t show up you are deemed to have waived counsel in the most important court proceeding in your life?”
Justice O’Neill, to the…
Update: On January 31, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio released a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
“My problem is, I’m still trying to figure out what damage did LGR have before their insurance company refused to defend them?”
Justice O’Neill
On September 12, 2017, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard…
