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“So are you suggesting that we should interpret the statute to indicate that the trial court must always hold a hearing on the ability to pay costs, or only if it’s requested or depends on the facts of the case?”
Justice DeGenaro, to counsel for the…
When Brandon Moore was 15, he and two other young men went on what now-retired Justice Paul Pfeifer described as “a criminal rampage of escalating depravity.” Moore’s case was transferred to adult court. The rape victim in the case testified that “[T]hey killed a part of me. They killed a part of my [soul] that…
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On April 24, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of State of Ohio v. James L. Dunson, 2017-0186. At issue in this case is whether, in a post-conviction motion to…
Update: On June 7, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
“Your argument is if the police pay an informant, they control him. Isn’t the parallel if the state pays an employee they control him, also?”
Justice Fischer, to the Assistant Prosecutor
On February…
Update: On April 18, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
“Does it matter that in Ohio if the jury had not recommended death, the trial court would have no authority to impose death?”
Justice French, to defense counsel
On January 23, 2018, the…
Update: On April 18, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
“Does it matter that in Ohio if the jury had not recommended death, the trial court would have no authority to impose death?”
Justice French, to defense counsel
On January 23, 2018, the…
Update: On June 7, 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 February 13, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in State of Ohio v. Demetrius Jackson, 2017-0145. At issue in…
On January 23, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in State v. Banks-Harvey, 2018-Ohio-201. Justice O’Neill wrote the lead opinion of the court, joined in full by Justices French and Fischer. Justice Kennedy concurred in judgment only, with a separate opinion. The four of them agreed that the…
On January 23, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in State v. Banks-Harvey, 2018-Ohio-201. Justice O’Neill wrote the lead opinion of the court, joined in full by Justices French and Fischer. Justice Kennedy concurred in judgment only, with a separate opinion. The four of them agreed that the…
“We conclude that a trial court abuses its discretion when it rejects a no-contest plea as a matter of course without considering the facts and circumstances of the case.”
Justice French
On January 4, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in State v. Beasley, 2018-Ohio-16. In a unanimous…
