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“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…
Here is a very abbreviated background on the Ayers case. For more detail, you can read Ayres’ Ohio Supreme Court brief here.
David Ayers worked as a security guard for the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority. He was arrested for the beating death of Dorothy Brown, a resident of one of the housing projects. In 2000…
“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…
“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…
“The normal and ordinary use of the word ‘person’ suggests that Ohio voters would not have understood that term to include a public corporation.”
Justice French, majority opinion
“It is beyond the scope of this case to determine whether a municipal corporation is a ‘person’ protected by Marsy’s Law in relation to its proprietary functions.”…
“The normal and ordinary use of the word ‘person’ suggests that Ohio voters would not have understood that term to include a public corporation.”
Justice French, majority opinion
“It is beyond the scope of this case to determine whether a municipal corporation is a ‘person’ protected by Marsy’s Law in relation to its proprietary functions.”…
“Based on the record before us, even when viewed in a light most favorable to the family, reasonable minds can come to only one conclusion: appellants were not reckless.”
Justice Fischer, Opinion of the Court
On November 10, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in A.J.R. v. Lute, 2020-Ohio-5168…
“…under the plain language of R.C. 3319.321(B), the school district is prohibited from releasing any personally identifying information about Betts without his consent.”
Justice Stewart, majority opinion
“The text of R.C. 3319.321(B) is written in the present tense and unambiguously limits the release of ‘personally identifiable information other than directory information concerning any student attending…
Three of my former students at the University of Cincinnati College of Law were elected to judgeships in yesterday’s election. Ginger Bock was elected to the First District Court of Appeals (my old stomping ground). Nicole Sanders was elected to the Hamilton County Drug Court. And Kari Bloom was elected to the Juvenile Court bench.
“ …[T]he trial court’s instructions did not permit the jury to predicate guilt based on a finding that the drugs Price furnished to Dawson merely contributed to his death.”
Justice Kennedy, Opinion of the Court
On October 20, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in State v. Price, Slip Opinion…
