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“What’s a jury to think if the judge is acting in this way and there’s no objection?”
Chief Justice O’Connor, to counsel for West
“You’re not saying that we can never notice structural error without an objection, are you?”
Justice Brunner, to the assistant county prosecutor
On June 30, 2021, the Supreme Court of Ohio…
“While we continue to characterize juvenile proceedings as civil rather than criminal in nature…the criminal aspect of delinquency proceedings is undeniable.”
Justice Kennedy, majority opinion.
“Today’s majority decision reinforces the criminal aspects of juvenile proceedings, not for the purpose of safeguarding a juvenile’s constitutional rights, but to limit appellate review of juvenile proceedings. The exercise…
On September 23, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in State v. Quarterman,2014-Ohio-4034. The defendant in this case raised a constitutional challenge to Ohio’s mandatory bind-over statutes. In a unanimous opinion written by Justice Terrence O’Donnell, in which Justice Judy Lanzinger concurred in judgment only, the Court…
On September 23, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in State v. Quarterman,2014-Ohio-4034. The defendant in this case raised a constitutional challenge to Ohio’s mandatory bind-over statutes. In a unanimous opinion written by Justice Terrence O’Donnell, in which Justice Judy Lanzinger concurred in judgment only, the Court…
