On September 20, 2018, by a 4-3 vote, the Supreme Court of Ohio dismissed  In re L.G. Slip Opinion No. 2018-Ohio-3750, as improvidently accepted. The issue in the case was whether a minor’s rights against self-incrimination were violated when he was questioned in the presence of police officers by a school resource supervisor, who was

Update: On September 20, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio dismissed this case as improvidently accepted. Read more about that here.

“The trial court here, and the court of appeals, have determined the facts in this case suggest that the supervisor was an agent of the police. So, what about the facts in this case

Update: On September 20, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio dismissed this case as improvidently accepted. Read more about that here.

Read an analysis of the oral argument here.

On July 31, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of In re L.G. (2017-0877). At issue in this

Update: This case was remanded back to the Eighth District Court of Appeals to decide the unaddressed assignments of error. On August 30, 2018, the appeals court overruled both of the remaining assignments of error and upheld the conviction and sentence.  Read more here.

On June 7, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down

Update: On June 7, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.  

“Your argument is if the police pay an informant, they control him. Isn’t the parallel if the state pays an employee they control him, also?”

Justice Fischer, to the Assistant Prosecutor

On February

“The trooper’s questioning of Oles in the front seat of the patrol car did not rise to the level of a custodial interrogation requiring Miranda warnings.”

Chief Justice O’Connor, from majority opinion

“Every police vehicle is now a police station on wheels. Being directed to have a seat in a police vehicle is akin to

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 July 19, 2017, 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 March 1, 2017, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of City of Cleveland v. Benjamin Oles, 2016-0172 and 2016-0282.