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Update: Batista filed a cert. petition with the U.S. Supreme Court on March 23, 2018. The state waived response.  The petition was denied on April 23, 2018.

On October 26, 2017, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in State v. Batista, 2017-Ohio-8304. The court unanimously upheld the constitutionality of R.C.…

Update: On October 26, 2017, the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

Read the analysis of the argument here

On May 17, 2017, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in State of Ohio v. Orlando Batista, 2016-0903. At issue in the case…