Update: On December 22, 2020 the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

Update: On May 1, 2020, after the case was argued, the Court requested additional briefing from the parties in this case. Read about that here.

On April 28, 2020, the Supreme Court of

Update: On April 16, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.

“The only issue we have is whether he had notice, correct?”

Justice DeWine to the Assistant Public Defender

“I’m asking, between January and April, was that his fault that he wasn’t in a

Update: On April 16, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.

Read the analysis of the oral argument in this case here.

On December 10, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in In re A.W., A Minor Child, 2018-1182. At

Update: On May 21, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

On August 6, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in State of Ohio v. Robert Buttery, 2018-0183. At issue in this case is whether juvenile adjudications can satisfy the

Update: On May 21, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

Read an analysis of the argument here.

On August 6, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in State of Ohio v. Robert Buttery, 2018-0183. At issue in this

Update: On January 23, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio dismissed this case as improvidently accepted.

On January 9, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the case of State of Ohio v. Ronald Amos, 2017-1778. At issue in the case is whether a juvenile court has jurisdiction to hold a

Update: On January 23, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio dismissed this case as improvidently accepted.

Read the analysis of the oral argument here.

On January 9, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of State of Ohio v. Ronald Amos, 2017-1778. At issue in the case is

On September 20, 2018, by a 4-3 vote, the Supreme Court of Ohio dismissed  In re L.G. Slip Opinion No. 2018-Ohio-3750, as improvidently accepted. The issue in the case was whether a minor’s rights against self-incrimination were violated when he was questioned in the presence of police officers by a school resource supervisor, who was

“…Martin cannot prevail on the merits of her safe-harbor claim because she cannot show that plain error occurred in the juvenile court.”

Justice French, majority opinion

“The record here demonstrates plain error in that the juvenile court deviated from the statute because it never considered or addressed whether Martin’s victimization by Kerney related to these