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“Bozso has not presented any contemporaneous evidence that avoiding deportation motivated his decisionmaking process at or around the time he entered his guilty pleas.”
Justice French, Majority Opinion
“Because there is a reasonable probability that Bozso would not have pleaded guilty but for the erroneous advice he received regarding the possibility of relief from deportation…
Update: On December 18, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
“Did the court order him [Chapman] not to have any more children or did the court order him to make reasonable efforts not to have any more children until his child support obligations…
Further update:
Pertinent to this remand is the holding in State v. Patrick that a constitutional challenge to a sentence is not barred by R.C. 2953.08(D)(3). So, on March 12, 2021, on remand, the Seventh District first determined on the authority of Patrick that it had jurisdiction to review Kinney’s Eighth Amendment challenge to his…
Update: On December 18, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
Read the analysis of the argument here.
On July 21, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in State of Ohio v. London Chapman, 2019-1410. At issue in this…
Update: On December 21, 2020, the Court dismissed this case as improvidently certified.
Read the analysis of the argument here.
Update: On July 17, 2020, the Court granted a continuance in the oral argument of this case until August 18, 2020.
On July 22, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in…
Update: On December 22, 2020, in a 4-3 decision, the Court reversed the judgment of the Seventh District Court of Appeals on the authority of State v. Patrick Slip Opinion No. 2020-Ohio-6803, and remanded the case back to the Seventh District for further proceedings consistent with its opinion in Patrick. Read the analysis of…
Update: On October 20, 2020 the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
“So, what should the judge have said?”
Justice DeWine to counsel for Price
On June 16, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in State of Ohio v. Mark A. Price…
“We are satisfied that the scientific principles underlying laser speed-measuring devices are sufficiently reliable and hold that the results of a laser speed-measuring device are admissible in Ohio courts without expert testimony establishing their reliability or the court taking judicial notice of the scientific principles underlying that technology.”
Justice Stewart, Majority Opinion
“Because the majority…
Update: On November 12, 2020 the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
“You think that when the average voter went to vote on this amendment 2 or 3 years ago, they thought they were creating rights for municipalities?”
Justice DeWine, to counsel for Centerville
“Does…
