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Update: On June 26, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

On March 5, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in Marcella King Piazza v. Cuyahoga County, et al., 2017-1649. At issue in the case is whether the immunity…

Update: On May 5, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

“So what aspect at the time of the plea—not sentencing—was there substantial compliance?”

Justice Stewart, to the prosecutor

“What are the words the trial court has to say to be ok?”

Justice DeWine…

Update: On September 24, 2019, 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 March 6, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in City of Cleveland v. State of Ohio, 2018-0097. At issue…

Update: On October 31, 2019, 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 6, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case State of Ohio v. Travis Soto, 2018-0416.…

Update: On August 22, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

On February 19, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in Paul Cheatham IRA v. The Huntington National Bank, 2018-0184. At issue in the case is whether a sale of…

Update: On July 17, 2019, 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 March 5, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of New Riegel Local School District Board of Education…

A Stark County jury awarded Ann Wayt $800,000 in compensatory damages and $750,000 in punitive damages in a defamation action she brought against Affinity Medical Center, where she had worked as a nurse. The case got to the Supreme Court of Ohio on the issue of whether the damages cap in R.C. 2315.18 (B)(2) that…

Update: On June 26, 2019, 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 5, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case Marcella King Piazza v. Cuyahoga County, et al.,…

I am re-posting Attorney Bill Gallagher’s guest post on bail reform to include some additional information from him.

From Guest Blogger Bill Gallagher: The blog post I contributed on February 18, 2019 (re-posted below) was my condensation of a twenty-two page set of public comments  submitted to the Supreme Court of Ohio on September 26,…

Please read update to this post here.

On January 23, 2019, Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor convened a task force to examine the Ohio bail system. Read about that from Court News Ohio here. In light of this initiative, I have asked prominent Cincinnati criminal defense attorney Bill Gallagher to write a guest post on the…