“The good-faith error in misallocating peremptory challenges did not deny Jones the right to a panel of impartial, indifferent jurors, and he had no constitutional right to a panel with jurors who appeared friendly or who were skewed in his favor.”

Justice Kennedy, majority opinion

“This court should not conduct a harmless-error analysis of a

“The good-faith error in misallocating peremptory challenges did not deny Jones the right to a panel of impartial, indifferent jurors, and he had no constitutional right to a panel with jurors who appeared friendly or who were skewed in his favor.”

Justice Kennedy, majority opinion

“This court should not conduct a harmless-error analysis of a

Update: On May 27,2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

“Doesn’t a structural error have to be a constitutional error? Don’t we know from the U.S. Supreme Court that that this is not a constitutional error?”

Justice DeWine, to the Assistant County Public Defender

Update: On May 27,2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

Read an analysis of the oral argument here.

On February 11, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in State of Ohio v. Seante Jones, 2019-0187. At issue in this