FEBRUARY 27, 2020
Ohio Supreme Court Rejects Death Sentence for Dad in Toddler’s Death – Associated Press
Court Supports City of Youngstown in Dispute over Gas Line – Youngstown Vindicator
5 Ask Court to Oust Councilwoman Tamaya Dennard – Cincinnati Enquirer
Judge Sentences Cuyahoga County Jail Corporal to Prison tor Turning off Body Camera, Pummeling Restrained Inmate – Cleveland Plain Dealer
Fourth District Court of Appeals to Convene March 5 – Athens Messenger
Program Seeks to Improve Networking for Families with Substance Abuse – Coshocton Tribune
Judge Announces Retirement due to Continuing Health Issues – Marietta Times
Sources: County Lawyer Tom Gabelman Is Dennard Informant – Cincinnati Enquirer
Toledo Lawyer Named to Board of State Bar – Toledo Blade
President Donald Trump Nominates Cuyahoga County Judge for Federal Bench – Cleveland Plain Dealer
Judge: Ohio Must Grant Driver’s Licenses to Certain Refugees, Teens with Undocumented Parents – Columbus Dispatch
Doctor Accused of Violating Court Order with ‘Burner’ Phone to Remain Free on Bond – Toledo Blade
Sex with Animals Is Illegal in Ohio — Except for These 8 Counties – Dayton Daily News
Videos Might Help You Identify School Violence Before It Erupts – Dayton Daily News
FEBRUARY 26, 2020
Ottawa County Teen Challenges Impaired Consent Law – Toledo Blade
Ohio Attorney Suspended for Protective Order, Trust Account Abuse – Bloomberg Law
Court: Not Paying Child Support Can Block Adoption Protest – Associated Press
Court: State Can Appeal Judge’s Ruling in Manslaughter Case – Toledo Blade
Justices to Decide if Ohio Law Banning Using Guns While Drunk Is Constitutional – Statehouse News Bureau
Ohio Supreme Court to Decide Controversial State Gun Law – Youngstown WFMJ-TV
Court Considers whether Intoxicated May Possess Gun in Own Home – Toledo Blade
Search Recovering Teacher’s Recording of Girls Undressing at School Ruled Lawful – Akron Legal News
Lorain Courts Receiving Ohio Supreme Court Technology Grants – Lorain Morning Journal
Attorney General, Prosecutor Could Seek to Suspend Dennard from Office – Cincinnati Business Courier
Ohio Supreme Court to Attorneys: Completing Survey Helps Ohioans – Akron Legal News
Murder Suspect Can Use “Castle Doctrine” to Defend Shooting Orrville Neighbor – Cleveland WKYC-TV
Burned-Down Skating Park Could Face Liability in Case of High-Speed Collision that Injured Customer – Legal Newsline
Wagner Mother Appears in Court for Another Pre-Trial Hearing – Cincinnati WXIX-TV
Woman Found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity in Cleveland Heights Church Stabbing over Faux-Fur Boots – Cleveland Plain Dealer
How Should Escaped Inmates Be Punished? Hear What a Judge Says about a State Loophole on Sunny Side Up – Cleveland WOIO-TV
Public on the Fence over Courthouse Addition – Portsmouth Daily Times
Elyria Municipal Court Officials Requesting New Phone, Security Upgrades – Elyria Chronicle Telegram
The Government Can Quarantine You for Coronavirus, and There’s Almost Nothing You Can Do about It – Washington Post
Critics of Program that Allows Offenders to Check-in with Parole Officers via Phone Say It Should Exclude Violent Felons – Columbus WBNS-TV
Lawmakers Should Require a ‘Fresh Start’ for Ohio Job Licenses – Columbus Dispatch Editorial
Supreme Court Rules against Ohio Mom in International Custody Case – Associated Press
Court Closes Courthouse Door on Slain Mexican Teen’s Family – ABC News
FEBRUARY 25, 2020
Adult May Prove ‘Reasonable Parental Discipline’ to Avoid Child-Injury Conviction – Akron Legal News
Merit Decision: Parent Has Burden of Proving Reasonable Parental Discipline in a Domestic Violence Prosecution. State v. Faggs – Legally Speaking Ohio
Can You Have a Gun While Intoxicated? Ohio Supreme Court Will Decide – Cincinnati Enquirer
Clermont Co. Man Takes Fight to Carry Guns While Intoxicated in Home to Ohio Supreme Court – Cincinnati WKRC-TV
Lorain Schools Requests Former Chief Family Officer’s Lawsuit Be Dismissed – Elyria Chronicle Telegram
Supreme Court Issues $3.2 Million in Technology Grants – Portsmouth Daily Times
Supreme Court Hires New Chief Legal Counsel – Akron Legal News
Appeals Court Reverses Orrville Man’s 2017 Murder Conviction – Alliance Review
Angela Wagner to Return to Court for Pike County Massacre – Cincinnati WKRC-TV
Sweeney Seeks to Alleviate Complexities of Marchionda Case for Jurors – Youngstown Business Journal
Court of Law Rules Cleveland Heights’ Season Should Be Settled on Basketball Court – Cleveland Plain Dealer
‘He Hasn’t Learned Anything’: Parents of Electrocution Victims Urge Judge Not to Reduce Alleged Drunk Driver’s Bond – Elyria Chronicle Telegram
Carter Sworn in as New Municipal Court Judge – Sidney Daily News
From the Archives: The Schemes of Judge Don McAuliffe – Columbus Monthly
Allen County’s Probate/Juvenile Judge Won’t Seek Re-Election – Lima News
‘So Much I Could Have Done in Those 18 Years’: Exonerated Man Feels Lost Time Keenly – Columbus Dispatch
Michael Douglas: It’s Time for Ohio to End the Death Penalty – Akron Beacon Journal Opinion
Keeping Government Honest: Know Your Rights When Requesting Public Records – Soapbox Cincinnati
Ohio Tries an Unusual Tactic toward Opioid Settlement: Working Together – Washington Post
Looking back on the Life of Civil Rights Icon Judge Nathaniel Jones – Cincinnati WXIX-TV Video
Removing a GPS Tracking Device from Your Car Isn’t Theft, Court Rules – Ars Technica
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
What’s on Their Minds: Civil Stalking Protection Order Potentially Collides with First Amendment Rights. Joni Bey, et al. v. Jeffrey Rasawehr – Legally Speaking Ohio
Lucas Co. Judge Says He Erred in Releasing Man from Jail Early – Toledo Blade
Disciplinary Board Recommends Disbarment for Hocking Attorney – Athens Messenger
Constitutionality of Law Prohibiting Firearm Use While Intoxicated Challenged – Akron Legal News
Ohio Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to “Using Guns While Drunk” Law – Columbus Underground
Chief Justice O’Connor Convenes Task Force on Wrongful Convictions – Akron Legal News
Ohio Supreme Court Justice Brings Technology Grant to Pike Court of Common Pleas – Pike County News Watchman
Justice’s ‘Harmony’ Program Highlights Ohio Supreme Court’s Black History Month Celebration – Highland County Press
Partial Reversal Issued in Lorain County Defamation Case – Akron Legal News
Magistrate Who Denied Protection Order to Gaberien Clevenger Is Fired – Mansfield News Journal
Girard Drug Court Gets $30,000 – Warren Tribune Chronicle
Guardianship Program Receives Grant Funding – Tiffin Advertiser-Tribune
Akron Municipal Court Judge David Hamilton Discusses Being the First African-American Male Judge Elected in Summit County in 30 Years – Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ohio Nonprofit ‘Disrupts’ Bail System by Paying for Defendants Who Can’t Afford Bond – Columbus WOSU Public Radio
Hearing Monday in Challenge to O’Toole Candidacy – Ashtabula Star Beacon
Convicted Ex-Commissioner Tells His Side in Book – Youngstown Vindicator
Ohio’s Rape Law ‘Archaic’ and ‘Outdated’ but Will Legislators Act to Change It?: Andrea Simakis – Cleveland Plain Dealer
Legislation Would Lift Pain-and-Suffering Caps in Rape Cases – Associated Press
Bill Would Allow Domestic Violence Victims to Break Lease, Move without Penalty – Akron Legal News
Coin Toss: Are Risk-Measuring Tools Accurate Enough? – Law360
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
Ohio Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Law Barring Firearms and Booze – Ohio Capital Journal
State v. Dangler Case Still under Submission after One Year – Legally Speaking Ohio
Grant Will Allow for E-Notifications of Court Dates – Chillicothe Gazette
Letter: State Should Outlaw Corporal Punishment – Columbus Dispatch Letter to the Editor
Jury Spares Life of Anthony Pardon – Columbus Dispatch
Case of Man Accused of Killing His Estranged Wife Headed to Grand Jury – Mansfield News Journal
4 Teens Accused in Warren County Murder Ordered to Not Have Contact with Each Other – Cincinnati WXIX-TV
Cleveland Heights Boys Basketball Case to Be Heard Friday in Cuyahoga County Court – Cleveland Plain Dealer
Jefferson County, Steubenville to Talk Court Move – Steubenville Herald Star
Court Has 343 New Cases Filed in 2019 – Sidney Daily News
Juvenile Court Handles 986 Cases in 2019 – Sidney Daily News
Stevenson Appoints New Magistrate – Sidney Daily News
Head-Butted Football Ref Wants Harsher Penalty for Harming Sports Officials – Dayton Daily News
Local Women Testify on Rape Bill before Ohio Senate – Marietta Times
Ohio Lawmakers Could End Life Sentences without Chance of Parole for Juveniles – Cleveland Scene
Latest Ohio Opioid Deal Aims to Appease Cities, Counties – Associated Press
FEBRUARY 20, 2020
Voyeur Teacher Could Be Sent Back to Prison under Ohio Supreme Court Ruling – Columbus Dispatch
In Assault Cases, Parents Must Show Discipline Is Reasonable – Associated Press
Taking the High Court to School – Wheeling (WV) Intelligencer Editorial
Drunk Man with Gun Argues It’s His Constitutional Right to Be Loaded while Armed – New York Daily News
Is Handling a Gun When Drunk a Constitutional Right? Ohio Man Challenges State Law Banning Firearm Use While Intoxicated – Cincinnati Enquirer
Imprisoned Ex-Sheriff Loses Latest Effort to Appeal Sentence – Athens News
No Apology from Pardon in Statement to Death-Penalty Jury – Columbus Dispatch
Estranged Husband Admits Stabbing to Death Ohio Woman Who Sought Protection Order, Police Say – Mansfield News Journal
Warren County Moves toward Death Penalty Plea Sought by Prison Inmate – Dayton Daily News
‘No Deal,’ Lima Murder Suspect Tells Prosecutors – Lima News
Three Linked to Fatal Overdoses Charged – Ashtabula Star Beacon
New Summit County Court Program Helping Addicts ‘ASAP’ – Cleveland WEWS-TV
US Lawyer Made to Write out Lines by Judge for ‘Reprehensible’ Behaviour during Trial – Legal Cheek
Longtime Common Pleas Court Judge Announces Retirement – Athens Messenger
‘They Were Babies:’ The Case against Sending Juveniles to Prison without Parole – Cincinnati Enquirer
Ohio Senators Hear Testimony on Bill that Would Eliminate Statute of Limitations on Rape – Cleveland Plain Dealer
Friend of Oregon District Mass Shooter, Ethan Kollie, Sentenced Tomorrow – Dayton WKEF-TV
Appeals Court Overturns $2.4 Million Bonus Awarded to Cleveland Firm that Recovered Investor Money from Ponzi Scheme – Cleveland Plain Dealer
US Judge Dismisses Lawsuit over Ohio Professor’s Transgender Pronoun Dispute – Associated Press
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Justices: ‘Reasonable Discipline’ a Defense When Parent Charged with Injuring Child – Columbus Dispatch
Clermont County Man Claims Law Banning Use of Firearms While Intoxicated Is Unconstitutional – Cincinnati Enquirer
Former Chief Family Officer Sues Lorain Schools in State Supreme Court – Elyria Chronicle Telegram
Algorithms Were Supposed to Fix the Bail System. They Haven’t – Wired
Ohio Supreme Court Justice Won’t Comment on Moundbuilders’ Appeal – Newark Advocate
Justice Visits Akron to Present Tech Grant Checks to Courts – Akron Beacon Journal
Pardon, Facing Possible Death Penalty, Previously Spent 25 Years in Prison – Columbus Dispatch
Judge Haupt to Murderer Deny King: ‘You Have Zero Respect for Human Life’ – Canton Repository
New Court Program Aims to Help Addicts, Others ASAP – Akron Beacon Journal
Franklin County to Absorb Court Appointed Special Advocates – Columbus Dispatch
‘Getting Angry Does Not Constitute Domestic Violence’: Judge Explains Why Slain Ohio Woman Wasn’t Given Protection Order – Mansfield News Journal
Tracie Hunter Says Judge Is Holding up Costly Motions – Cincinnati Enquirer
Could the Ohio River Have Legal Rights? Inside a Growing Environmental Movement – Columbus WOSU Public Radio
Conservatives Organize to End Ohio’s Death Penalty – Cleveland Plain Dealer
Statehouse Sexism Thwarts Bill to Abolish Ohio’s Statute of Limitations on Rape – Cleveland Plain Dealer Opinion
Opinion: Credit McGuffey for County Jail’s Drug Programs – Cincinnati Enquirer Opinion
Cuyahoga, Summit Counties Reaped Benefits of Settling Early with Opioid Companies, Officials Say – Cleveland Plain Dealer
Afraid of Lethal Injection, Inmates Are Choosing the Electric Chair – New York Times
Justice Thomas: Judges Must Uphold Law, Even When Unpopular – Associated Press
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
Ohio Chief Justice Convenes Wrongful Conviction Task Force – Associated Press
BLHS to Host Ohio Supreme Court This Spring – Steubenville Herald-Star
Disciplinary Board Recommends Disbarment for Hocking Attorney – Athens Messenger
Wrongful Termination Claim Not Allowed in Case of Unemployment Reporting Dispute – Akron Legal News
Logan County Lawyer Reprimanded for Seeking to Represent Jailed Woman – Akron Legal News
Merit Decision: Court Rejects Wrongful Termination Claim for Failure to Meet Jeopardy Element. House v. Iacovelli – Legally Speaking Ohio
What’s On Their Minds: Determining Admissibility of Speed Measuring Devices. City of Brook Park v. Joseph G. Rodojev. – Legally Speaking Ohio
Attorneys’ Oral Arguments: 15 Minutes of Fame – Akron Legal News
Only Half of Ohio's Rehab Centers Offer This Proven Opioid Addiction Treatment – Columbus WOSU Radio
Appeals Court Orders New Trial in Mansfield Murder Case – Mansfield News Journal
Victim's Mother Asks Judge to Give Defendant 'Everything' as Murder Trial Draws to a Close – Lancaster Eagle-Gazette
Judge Doles Out Bart Simpson-Esque Punishment to Lawyer Held in Contempt for Acting Out at Trial in Cleveland – Cleveland Plain Dealer
Brook Park Child Rape Survivor, Columbus Attorney to Challenge Ohio’s Tort Reform Laws after Judge Slashes $20M from Jury Verdict in Lawsuit against Her Rapist – Cleveland Plain Dealer
Orange Township’s Legal Costs Trigger New Approach – Columbus Dispatch
Breaking the Chains | What Human Trafficking Looks Like and How to Stop It – Columbus WBNS-TV
Johns Should Pay Higher Prostitution Fines, Police Official and Others Say – Columbus Dispatch
In Ohio, Talk of Death Penalty Repeal Is Building – Columbus Dispatch
Attorneys Continue to Argue Over Dr. Bauer's Federal Bond Modification – Toledo Blade
Help Is on the Way! Read This, Then Vote for Judges – Westlake Bay Village Observer
Intrusive Drug Testing Serves Only to Control People – Canton Repository Letter to the Editor
Ex-Fugitive Ohio Broker in 1990s Ponzi Scheme to Be Re-Sentenced – Associated Press
To Increase Access to Justice, Regulatory Innovation Should Be Considered, ABA House Says – ABA Journal
Texas Man Close to Exoneration after Computer Algorithm Leads to New Suspect – NBC News
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