Before the changing of the guard at the Ohio Supreme Court, the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s office, joined by the Ohio Attorney General as amicus, moved the Court to reconsider its decision in State v. Hood, 2012-Ohio-5559.  In a unanimous 6-0 decision dated December 31, 2012, (Justice McGee Brown’s term had ended and Justice Kennedy

Update: On December 31, 2012, the Supreme Court granted reconsideration in this case and replaced it with Hood II, 2012-Ohio-6208  Read the analysis of Hood II here.

On December 3, 2012, the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in State v. Hood, Slip Opinion No. 2012-Ohio-5559. This case, argued November 8, 2011, was

Update: On June 13, 2012, the Court dismissed this case as improvidentally accepted.

On May 9, 2012, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument  in the case of Ronald L. Royse v. City of Dayton, et al.  Royse was fired as a Dayton firefighter for failing a drug test.  He challenged the admission of

Update: On June 13, 2012, the Court dismissed this case as improvidentally accepted.

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

On May 9, 2012, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of Ronald L. Royse v. City of Dayton, et al.   The issue in this case

Update: On December 3, 2012, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

On November 2, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the case of State v. Hood, 2010-2260. The defendant was one of four men involved in an armed robbery of

Update: On December 3, 2012, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

On November 2, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of State v. Hood, 2010-2260. The issue in this case is whether cell phone records may