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Update: On November 5, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
On June 3, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in State of Ohio ex rel. Cable News Network, Inc. et al v. Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Local Schools, et al, 2019-0047.
On November 1, 2012 the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in State v. Emerson, 2012-Ohio-5047. The case was argued January 18, 2012. In a unanimous opinion written by Justice Cupp, the Court held that “a person has no reasonable expectation of privacy in his or her DNA profile extracted from a…
Update: On November 1, 2012, the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
On January 18, 2012, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the case of State v. Emerson, 2011-0486. The issues in the case are whether the state violated the defendant’s privacy rights…
Update: On November 1, 2012, the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
On January 18, 2012, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of State v. Emerson, 2011-0486. The issue in this case is whether the trial court erred in denying…
10/25/12 According to attorney Bill Gallagher, the trial judge again denied the motion to suppress in this case, and he plans to appeal again.
10/12/12. Further Update: According to a story in the Cincinnati Herald by Dan Yount, Sudinia Johnson, the defendant in the Ohio case, remains in prison. His attorney William Gallagher questions why…
Update: On March 13 2012, the Supreme Court of Ohio vacated the judgment of the court of appeals in this case, and remanded it back to the trial court to apply the holding in U.S. v. Jones, 132 S.Ct.945 (2012). The last paragraph of this post questioned why the Ohio Supreme Court was hearing this…
