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Update: Batista filed a cert. petition with the U.S. Supreme Court on March 23, 2018. The state waived response. The petition was denied on April 23, 2018.
On October 26, 2017, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in State v. Batista, 2017-Ohio-8304. The court unanimously upheld the constitutionality of R.C.…
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…
“The trooper’s questioning of Oles in the front seat of the patrol car did not rise to the level of a custodial interrogation requiring Miranda warnings.”
Chief Justice O’Connor, from majority opinion
“Every police vehicle is now a police station on wheels. Being directed to have a seat in a police vehicle is akin to…
“The trooper’s questioning of Oles in the front seat of the patrol car did not rise to the level of a custodial interrogation requiring Miranda warnings.”
Chief Justice O’Connor, from majority opinion
“Every police vehicle is now a police station on wheels. Being directed to have a seat in a police vehicle is akin to…
On July 5, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in State v. Anderson, 2017-Ohio-5656. Although the blog did not preview this case, it is a companion to the decision on the issue of a trial tax in State v. Rahab, 2017-Ohio-1401, in which the court held that…
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: On January 4, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
Read the analysis of the argument here.
On May 16, 2017, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of State of Ohio v. Andrea Beasley, 2016-Ohio-1603. At…
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 January 16, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
Read an analysis of the argument in this case here.
On April 6, 2017, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of State of Ohio v. Jamie Banks-Harvey…
