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Update: On September 30, 2021, Tidwell was found guilty of one count of OVI.
“Based on the totality of the circumstances then confronting the officer, we hold that his investigatory stop of Tidwell was reasonable and thus did not violate the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution.”
Justice Donnelly, opinion of the Court
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“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.”…
“Here, there is simply no textual basis to support requiring a trial court to make explicit findings on the record regarding the defendant’s ability to pay before assessing court-appointed-counsel fees.”
Justice Fischer, lead opinion
“Nothing in the Revised Code explicitly grants trial courts the authority to assess appointed-counsel fees as part of a criminal case.”…
“Here, there is simply no textual basis to support requiring a trial court to make explicit findings on the record regarding the defendant’s ability to pay before assessing court-appointed-counsel fees.”
Justice Fischer, lead opinion
“Nothing in the Revised Code explicitly grants trial courts the authority to assess appointed-counsel fees as part of a criminal case.”…
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…
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…
Update: On December 28, 2020, the Normans filed a motion for clarification or reconsideration of the merit decision in this case. On December 31, 2020, the Court granted the Normans’ motion, and explained, in footnote one of the reconsidered opinion that
“On December 16, 2020, this court issued its judgment and original opinion in this…
Update: On December 28, 2020, the Normans filed a motion for clarification or reconsideration of the merit decision in this case. On December 31, 2020, the Court granted the Normans’ motion, and explained, in footnote one of the reconsidered opinion that
“On December 16, 2020, this court issued its judgment and original opinion in this…
“Because the child-abuse investigator in this case was neither a law- enforcement officer nor acting under the direction or control of the police, she was not required to provide M.H. with the Miranda warnings and his confession was not obtained in violation of his due-process rights.”
Justice Kennedy, lead opinion
“In light of the totality…
“Irrespective of whether the court of appeals based its judgment on the content of the video alone or on the prosecutor’s narrative description of the video’s content, however, the video does not by itself establish that it contains information directly used for protecting or maintaining the security of a public office against attack, interference, or…
