March 2017

Further update: On October 2, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the state’s cert. petition. 

Update: On June 14, 2017, the cert. petition was distributed for conference of September 25, 2017.

Read Moore’s brief in opposition here.

Case Background

Brandon Moore was sentenced to an aggregate prison term of 112 years in prison for convictions…

Update: On January 16, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

Read an analysis of the argument in this case here.

On April 6, 2017, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of State of Ohio v. Jamie Banks-Harvey…

Update: On September 12, 2017, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

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

On April 6, 2017, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of Dennis Stewart, Individually and as…

Update: On September 6, 2017 the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

Read the analysis of the argument in this case here.

On April 6, 2017, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of Nichole Johnson v. Mary E. …

Case Background

On August 29, 2002, Christopher Anderson, was charged with murdering Amber Zurcher on June 3, 2002. His first trial resulted in a mistrial. His second trial resulted in a guilty verdict, which was overturned on appeal because of the admission of prejudicial testimony.  The state tried Anderson a third time in 2008. This…

On March 13, 2017, the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor filed a motion in the Supreme Court of Ohio to set an execution date for Romell Broom. This is just one of many such motions in Ohio. But with Broom this request is different, because the state tried to execute Broom on September 15, 2009, but after…

Update: On July 19, 2017, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

“So, he’s not free to leave. Why is he (Oles) not in custody at that point?”

Justice O’Neill.

On March 1, 2017, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the case…

Update: On October 10, 2017, the Supreme Court of Ohio issued a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

“Going forward, how do we ensure that we don’t have a successive violation of the knock and announce rule if in fact we say, well, yeah, there was a violation, but it doesn’t really…

Update: On May 11, 2017, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

“This was a backpack sitting on an empty school bus.  In this day, that’s concerning. I can’t help but look at this from a very practical perspective, perhaps as a parent, and think,…