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Update: On April 6, 2022, this appeal was unanimously dismissed as moot.
On November 9, 2021, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in M.R., a Cincinnati Police Officer pleading under a pseudonym v. Julie Niesen and Terhas White and James Noe and Alissa Gilley, 2020- 1131. At issue in this…
Read the analysis of the oral argument here.
On October 27, 2021, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in State of Ohio v. Kennedy M. Burroughs, 2020-1304. At issue in this case is whether law enforcement officers can search a partially open backpack, found in plain view inside an individual’s home…
“The city’s billboard tax infringes on the rights to free speech and a free press protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Justice Kennedy, opinion of the Court
On September 16, 2021 the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Lamar Advantage GP Co., L.L.C. v. Cincinnati, Slip…
“Where do we draw the line?”
Justice Donnelly, to the Assistant County Prosecutor
“Are you saying the prosecution is not a direct consequence of the commission of an offense?”
Chief Justice O’Connor to counsel for Yerkey
On September 22, 2021, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in State of Ohio v. John D.
“Unless the trial court knows or has reason to know of a potential conflict, the court does not have an affirmative duty to inquire about the attorney’s joint representation of codefendants.”
Justice Stewart, Majority Opinion
“I would address the right to counsel in Article I, Section 10 of the Ohio Constitution and hold that it…
“What’s a jury to think if the judge is acting in this way and there’s no objection?”
Chief Justice O’Connor, to counsel for West
“You’re not saying that we can never notice structural error without an objection, are you?”
Justice Brunner, to the assistant county prosecutor
On June 30, 2021, the Supreme Court of Ohio…
Update: On December 22, 2021 the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. In an opinion written by Justice Donnelly, joined in full by Chief Justice O’Connor and Justice Fischer, the Court held that the arrest warrant at issue sufficiently complied with Crim R. 4 even with the absence of…
Update: On December 22, 2021 the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. In an opinion written by Justice Donnelly, joined in full by Chief Justice O’Connor and Justice Fischer, the Court held that the arrest warrant at issue sufficiently complied with Crim R. 4 even with the absence of…
Update: On September 30, 2021, Tidwell was found guilty of one count of OVI.
“Based on the totality of the circumstances then confronting the officer, we hold that his investigatory stop of Tidwell was reasonable and thus did not violate the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution.”
Justice Donnelly, opinion of the Court
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