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Update: Judge Christine Croce, who is now hearing this case, ruled July 25, 2014, that Prade should go back to jail while she decides whether he should get a new trial. Judge Croce will hold a hearing for August 25, 2014 to hear arguments on whether Prade should get a new trial.
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Demetius Darmond, along with his mother-in-law, Iris Oliver, was indicted on one count of drug trafficking and one count of drug possession. Darmond alone was also indicted on one count of possessing criminal tools and two counts of child endangerment.
The basis for the indictment in the case was a controlled interception by…
On July 17, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Transtar Elec., Inc. v. A.E.M. Elec. Servs. Corp.,2014-Ohio-3095. In a 5-2 opinion authored by Justice Kennedy, the Court held that a contract for work performed by a subcontractor for a general contractor which contains a provision that…
This guest post summarizes the spate of cases and statutes on judicial record sealing. It is written by Priya Walia and Stephen JohnsonGrove.
Priya Walia is a rising 2L at the University of Cincinnati College of Law and is interning this summer at the Ohio Justice & Policy Center. Learn more about OJPC’s work at…
No, not like on Facebook. In today’s news clips from the Supreme Court of Ohio was this link to an article in the Wall Street Journal, titled
“Roberts Turns Supreme Court into Friendliest Bar in Washington “ http://online.wsj.com/articles/roberts-turns-supreme-court-into-friendliest-bar-in-washington-1405477802
It seems that Chief Justice Roberts has taken to referring to the lawyers arguing on opposite sides…
On October 2, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court granted cert. in Ohio v. Clark. 13-1352.
On October 30, 2013, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in State v. Clark, 2013-Ohio-4731. In a 4-3 decision written by Justice O’Donnell, for himself and Justices Pfeifer, Kennedy and O’Neill, the Court held that a…
Update: On September 23, 2014 the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
On July 8, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the case of State of Ohio v. Alexander Quarterman et al. 2013-1591. The central issue in this case is…
On July 10, 2014, by a vote of 4-3, the Supreme Court of Ohio dismissed State v. Belew, 2014-Ohio-2964 as improvidently accepted. The issue in the appeal was whether the trial judge properly considered Belew’s service-related mitigating factors in sentencing. The case was argued March 12, 2014. For background on this post, read the oral…
Some cases decided by the Supreme Court of Ohio are remanded for further proceedings. From time to time, the blog will update readers on what happened on remand on cases we blogged about previously.
The first remanded case we are presenting is Anderson v. Massillon, 2012-Ohio-5711, a wrongful death case filed by Cynthia Anderson…
Update: on August 18, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
On June 25, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the case of Steve Granger, et al. v. Auto-Owners Insurance, et al., 2013-1527. The issue on appeal is an…
