Whitespace is like air: it is necessary for design to breathe
Update: On September 15, 2021 the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here
“So, are you saying that just by looking at the fact that they are husband and wife and they are charged, that’s a conflict?”
Chief Justice O’Connor to the assistant public defender
“What…
“Did the trial court actually make specific findings to support whatever level of closure it believed was appropriate?”
Justice Brunner to the Assistant Prosecuting Attorney
“What about the fact that the Fifth District didn’t seem to follow U.S. Supreme Court precedent?”
Justice DeWine, to counsel for Bond
On March 30, 2021, the Supreme Court of…
Update: On June 24, 2021 the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
“How is he anonymous if the person is right there in front of the police officer’s face?”
Justice Stewart, to counsel for Tidwell
On March 30, 2021, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard…
Update: On June 24, 2021 the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
“How is he anonymous if the person is right there in front of the police officer’s face?”
Justice Stewart, to counsel for Tidwell
On March 30, 2021, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard…
Update: On November 18, 2021 the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here
“You are saying a third party can’t just hand the government its own property?”
Justice Fischer to counsel for LaRosa
“Why wasn’t it reasonable to secure a warrant for the seizure of the…
3L Corey Bushle and I share an interest in state Constitutional Law, particularly in the Fourth Amendment context. Corey, who is currently the editor-in-chief of the University of Cincinnati Law Review, has written a very thought-provoking Comment entitled “The Exclusionary Rule, and the Problem with Search and Seizure under the Ohio Constitution.” In his Comment…
“Additionally, we conclude that the difference between a sentence of life in prison with parole eligibility after a term of years and a sentence of life without the possibility of parole is not material for purposes of an Eighth Amendment challenge by an offender who was a juvenile when he or she committed the offense.”…
Update: On March 4,2021, the trial court vacated the anti-procreation community control provision the Supreme Court of Ohio struck down in its decision.
“The statutory scheme does not criminalize the failure to support one’s dependents in and of itself. Rather, it penalizes an individual’s failure to provide the mandated support that he can pay…It…
