Social Worker

Merit Decision: State-Employed Social Worker Need Not Mirandize Alleged Perpetrator During Jail Interview. State v. Jackson.

By Marianna Bettman on June 12, 2018

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…

What’s On Their Minds: Must a Social Worker Advise an Incarcerated Defendant of his Rights Pursuant to Miranda? State of Ohio v. Demetrius Jackson.

By Marianna Bettman on March 1, 2018

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…

Oral Argument Preview: Must a Social Worker Advise an Incarcerated Defendant of his Rights Pursuant to Miranda? State of Ohio v. Demetrius Jackson.

By Marianna Bettman on February 6, 2018

Update: On June 7, 2018, 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 February 13, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in State of Ohio v. Demetrius Jackson, 2017-0145. At issue in…