Update: On November 12, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

“What is wrong with affording a hearing instead of a cookie-cutter one size fits all? Allowing the defendant to come in and individualize it?” Justice Paul Pfeifer, to the prosecutor.

On March 10,

Update: On November 12, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

“What is wrong with affording a hearing instead of a cookie-cutter one size fits all? Allowing the defendant to come in and individualize it?” Justice Paul Pfeifer, to the prosecutor.

On March 10,

Update: On November 12, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

Read the analysis of the oral argument here.

On March 10, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of State of Ohio v. Travis Blankenship, 2014-0363

Update: On December 22, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.

Read the analysis of the oral argument here.

On February 4, 2015 the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of State of Ohio v. Brandon Moore, 2014-0120.

Update: On July 10, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio dismissed this case as improvidently accepted.  Read more about that here.

On March 12, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the case of State v.  Jeffery Belew, 2013-0711.  At issue in this case is whether the trial judge properly considered

Update: On July 10, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio dismissed this case as improvidently accepted.  Read more about that here.

Read the analysis of the argument here.

On March 12, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of State v. Jeffery Belew, 2013-0711.  At issue in this

On December 5, 2012, the Supreme Court announced a merit decision in State v. Raber, 2012-Ohio-5636  The case was argued August 21, 2012. In a 6-1 decision written by Justice O’Donnell, the Court held that a trial court had no jurisdiction to classify Raber as a sex offender fourteen months after entering its judgment of

On November 29, 2012, the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in State v. Moore, 2012-Ohio-5479.  The case was argued May 23, 2012.  In a 6-1 decision authored by Justice Cupp, the Court held that the failure to include a mandatory fine in a sentence when an affidavit of indigency was not filed before

Update: On December 6, 2012, the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.

On August 21, 2012, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the case of State of Ohio v. Kyle D. Raber, 2011-1383. The issue in this case is whether the trial court

Update: On December 6, 2012, the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.

Read the analysis of the oral argument in this case here.

On August 21, 2012, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of State of Ohio v. Kyle D.