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Further update: Read what happened on remand here.
On December 22, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in State v. Moore, 2016-Ohio-8288. In a 4-3 opinion written by now-retired Justice Paul Pfeifer, the court held that a term-of-years prison sentence imposed on a juvenile non-homicide offender that exceeds the…
Further update: Read what happened on remand here.
On December 22, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in State v. Moore, 2016-Ohio-8288. In a 4-3 opinion written by now-retired Justice Paul Pfeifer, the court held that a term-of-years prison sentence imposed on a juvenile non-homicide offender that exceeds the…
Update: On October 26, 2017, the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
“But presumably there is a partner here who was uninformed and deprived of the right to make that decision. Is that not sufficient consideration for the state under the rational basis test to impose this…
Update: Joshua Polk was indicted for a felony count of possessing a firearm in a school safety zone. On March 8, 2018, Polk, who had served ten days in jail for this offense, pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge of attempted possession of a firearm in a school zone. Franklin County Court of Common Pleas…
Update: Joshua Polk was indicted for a felony count of possessing a firearm in a school safety zone. On March 8, 2018, Polk, who had served ten days in jail for this offense, pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge of attempted possession of a firearm in a school zone. Franklin County Court of Common Pleas…
On April 18, 2017, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in State v. Rahab, 2017-Ohio-1401. In a 5-2 opinion written by Justice DeWine, the court found that the trial court judge did not impermissibly give Rahab a harsher sentence for exercising his right to a jury trial, and adopted an…
Update: On May 25, 2017, the Supreme Court of Ohio granted reconsideration in this case, and reversed it. Read the analysis of the new merit decision here.
At the end of December of last year, facing the upcoming retirement of Justices Pfeifer and Lanzinger, the Supreme Court of Ohio really cranked out some major decisions.…
Update: On May 25, 2017, the Supreme Court of Ohio granted reconsideration in this case, and reversed it. Read the analysis of the new merit decision here.
At the end of December of last year, facing the upcoming retirement of Justices Pfeifer and Lanzinger, the Supreme Court of Ohio really cranked out some major decisions.…
Further update: On October 2, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the state’s cert. petition.
Update: On June 14, 2017, the cert. petition was distributed for conference of September 25, 2017.
Read Moore’s brief in opposition here.
Case Background
Brandon Moore was sentenced to an aggregate prison term of 112 years in prison for convictions…
