Update: On April 28, 2015, 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 May 28, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of State of Ohio v. Nicholas Castagnola2013-0781.  At

Update: On November 4, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

On April 8, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the case of State of Ohio v. Brandon Lee Hoffman, 2013-0688. At issue in this case is whether

Update: On November 4, 2014 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 April 8, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of State of Ohio v. Brandon Lee Hoffman

Update: On July 10, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio dismissed this case as improvidently accepted.  Read more about that here.

On March 12, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the case of State v.  Jeffery Belew, 2013-0711.  At issue in this case is whether the trial judge properly considered

Update: On January 22, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

On March 11, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the case of State of Ohio v. Joseph Harris, 2013-414. The issue in this state’s appeal is whether a

Update: read what happened on remand in this case here.

On March 12, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in State v. Long, 2014-Ohio-849. While the justices unanimously agreed that a trial court must consider youth as a mitigating factor in imposing a sentence of life without parole on a

Update: On January 22, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

View the analysis of the oral argument here.

On March 11, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of State of Ohio v. Joseph Harris, 2013-414.

Update: On July 10, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio dismissed this case as improvidently accepted.  Read more about that here.

Read the analysis of the argument here.

On March 12, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of State v. Jeffery Belew, 2013-0711.  At issue in this

On November 27, 2013, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in State v. Keck, 2013-Ohio-5160. In a unanimous decision written by Justice Lanzinger, the Court held that the defendant’s rights under the Confrontation Clause were not violated by the testimony of an expert witness who relied on a report authored by

Further Update: on  June 18, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the Supreme Court of Ohio in this case.  Read the analysis here.

Update: On October 2, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court granted cert. in this case, now captioned Ohio v. Clark. 13-1352.

On October 30, 2013, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a