APRIL 24, 2014
Top Court Will Hear Appeal of Teen’s 112-Year Prison Term – Youngstown Vindicator
State’s Appeal of Bays Case Rejected By Ohio Supreme Court – Ashland Times Gazette
Man Who Tried to Record His Stepdaughter Taking a Shower Loses Appeal – Columbus Daily Reporter
Court Rejects Appeal from Man Who Asked for DNA Expert in Laptop Theft Case – Columbus Daily Reporter
Burglar Loses to Appeal for Shorter Prison Sentence – Columbus Daily Reporter
Court Finds No Evidence to Overturn Armed Robbery Conviction – Columbus Daily Reporter
Death-Row Inmate to Argue for Clemency Before Ohio Parole Board – Cleveland Plain Dealer
Traditional Foes Back Mercy for Condemned Killer – Associated Press
Ohio Supreme Court Justice Helps Out VWHS Students – Van Wert Independent
Ohio Supreme Court Justice Advises VWHS Students – Van Wert Times Bulletin
Centerville Lawyer Appointed to Kettering Bench – Dayton Business Journal
Judge Candidates Debate Future at Forum – Athens Messenger
Prosecutor’s Office Adds New Attorney – Mansfield News Journal
Peregrine Falcons Are Back at Courthouse – Fremont News Messenger
Suspect in Trumbull County Jail Hostage Crisis Facing Death Penalty Case – Youngstown WFMJ-TV
Geauga County Bar Association Plans Law Day Program – Willoughby News Herald
Lawyers Use High Court Petition to Highlight Prosecutorial Misconduct – Cleveland WCPN-Radio
No Need for Truth Panels to Police Campaign Speech – Washington Times Guest Editorial
Sonia Sotomayor Gets it Right in Michigan Affirmative Action Dissent – Los Angeles Times Editorial
APRIL 23, 2014
Ex-Ohio Cop Freed in Killing Can Stay Free for Now – Associated Press
Court Rules Man Who Robbed, Shot Brothers Must Serve Post-Release Control – Columbus Daily Reporter
Man Who Murdered Two During Convenience Store Robbery Loses Appeal – Columbus Daily Reporter
OSU Settles With Student Hit By Bus – Associated Press
Appeals Court Strikes Down Ohio Hospital Merger in Win for FTC – Wall Street Journal
Prosecutors Denounce Death Penalty Task Force’s Recommendations – Columbus Dispatch
Execution Panel Labeled ‘Off Course’ – Toledo Blade
Critics: Supreme Court Task Force’s Death Penalty Recommendations Would Create Legal ‘Nightmares’ – Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ohio Justice Speaks at Ashbrook Lunch on Power of State Supreme Court – Ashland Times Gazette
Judge Says Officers’ Presence ‘Attempt to Intimidate the Court’ – Hillsboro Times Gazette
Judge’s Race Sparks Controversy – Youngstown WKBN-TV
Three Lawyers Seek Open Common Pleas Bench – Steubenville Herald Star
Justices Question Constitutionality of Banning Lies in Campaigns – Columbus Dispatch
Ohio Law Criticized By High Court – Associated Press
Supreme Court Tosses $3.4 Million Award to Child Porn Victim – Associated Press
Affirmative-Action Rulings at the Supreme Court: A Timeline – Wall Street Journal
Supreme Court Takes a Skeptical Look at Aereo’s Copyright-Free TV Technology – Columbus Business First
APRIL 22, 2014
Ohio Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence of Killer Condemned to Die 3 Times – Associated Press
Justices Put Sheriff Zach Scott Back on Ballot – Columbus Dispatch
Conviction Stands for Man Involved in Gun Battle – Columbus Daily Reporter
Court Rules Rapist’s Conviction Was Supported By Credible Evidence – Columbus Daily Reporter
Man Convicted of Manslaughter Fails to Have Sentenced Reduced – Columbus Daily Reporter
Judges Reject Appeal from Man Who Robbed Fifth Third Bank – Columbus Daily Reporter
Capital Changes – Toledo Blade Editorial
Cuyahoga Prosecutor Asks for Clemency in Tyler Case – Cleveland WKYC-TV
Recognized Names Are On Appeals Court Ballot – Youngstown Vindicator
Cuyahoga Prosecutor: Unit Will Review Innocence Claims – Cleveland WKYC-TV
Law Enforcement Agencies Participate in Opiate Roundtable – Chillicothe Gazette
Ohio Attorney General Hosts Drug Abuse Community Forum in Lorain County – Willoughby News Herald
U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Area Man in Child Porn Case – Dayton Daily News
Prosecute Political Liars? – Newark Advocate Editorial
Why the Supreme Court’s ‘Right to Lie’ Case is Not Really About the ‘Right to Lie’ – Washington Post Guest Column
Ohio Case is Regulatory Overkill – Toledo Blade Editorial
Supreme Court Upholds Michigan’s Affirmative Action Ban – New York Times
Justices Take Case on Status of Jerusalem in Passports – New York Times
The Most Overrated Supreme Court Justice – Bloomberg View Column
Courthouse Violence Unpredictable Despite Security – Associated Press
Justice Dept. Broadening Criteria for Clemency – Associated Press
Legal Minds Eye Quality Control Convictions – Associated Press
APRIL 21, 2014
Ohio Supreme Court Ruling Sets Standard for When a Property’s Sale Price Serves as Appraised Value – Cleveland Plain Dealer
Judge Removes Himself from Brook Park Councilman’s Case – Cleveland Plain Dealer
State Loses Appeal Against Mayor Charged With Coercing Voters – Columbus Daily Reporter
Man Who Bribed Wife to Drop Assault Charges Loses Appeal – Columbus Daily Reporter
Death Sentence Stands for Inmate Scheduled for Execution Next Month – Columbus Daily Reporter
Death Penalty Suggestions Deliberated – Mansfield News Journal
Bedford Judge Harry Jacob III Indicted Again By a Cuyahoga County Grand Jury – Cleveland Plain Dealer
Akron Bar Association to Honor Bankruptcy Judge During Law Week Events – Akron Beacon Journal
3 Democrats Vie for Judgeship – Toledo Blade
Stark Commissioners Refuse to Give Shaved Salary Funds Back to Probate Court – Alliance Review
Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy J. McGinty Asserts Office Following Policy to Investigate Police Deadly Force Cases and Present to Grand Juries – Cleveland Plain Dealer
Prosecutor to Introduce ‘Community Justice’ Initiative Tonight – Athens News
Study Shows 79 Percent Increase in Accidental Drug Overdose Deaths in Athens County – Athens News
Ohio Election-Ad Fight to Be Heard By U.S. Supreme Court – Columbus Dispatch
Justice Steven’s Solution for ‘Giant Step in Wrong Direction’ – New York Times
John Paul Stevens: It’s Okay for Justices to Take Politics Into Account When Retiring – Washington Post
What Law Schools Can Teach Colleges About Lowering Tuition – Time
APRIL 18, 2014
Ohio Supreme Court Overturns Drunken Driving Charge, Says Elyria Court Erred in Dispute Over Evidence – Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ohio Supreme Court Rules Elyria Judge Used Wrong Standard in DUI Case – Elyria Chronicle Telegram
Ohio High Court Likely to Hear Warrantless GPS Tracking Case – Columbus WOSU-Radio
Appeals Presented in Ohio Synthetic Marijuana Case – Wheeling (W.V.) Intelligencer
Reckless Driver Loses Appeal Despite Jurors Sleeping During Video – Columbus Daily Reporter
Man Who Robbed Victim at Gunpoint Loses Appeal – Columbus Daily Reporter
Question Leading to Arrest Was Not Subject to Miranda Warnings, Court Rules – Columbus Daily Reporter
Condemned Killer Seeks Clemency from Kasich – Columbus Dispatch
3 Candidates Vie for Trumbull County Judgeship – Youngstown Vindicator
Singleton Honored for Social Justice Law Work – Cincinnati Enquirer
New Informational Sites for Prosecutor’s Office, Sheriff’s Office – Athens Messenger
Overdoses Claim More Ohioans – Columbus Dispatch
Courthouse Attic Documents Date Back to 1800s – Fremont News Messenger
APRIL 17, 2014
Appeals Court: Breath Test Inadmissible in Drunken Driving Case – Medina Gazette
Court Rejects Appeal from Arsonist Who started Apartment Fire – Columbus Daily Reporter
Man Who Murdered Victim During Argument Loses Appeal – Columbus Daily Reporter
Heroin Dealer Nabbed in Police Setup Loses Appeal – Columbus Daily Reporter
Federal Judge Delays Enforcement of Order That Ohio Recognize Same-Sex Marriages from Other States – Cleveland Plain Dealer
Art of the Ohio Supreme Court – Columbus WOSU-Radio
Judge Darrel Bilancini Says Avon Lake Needs Full-Time Court – Elyria Chronicle Telegram
Visiting Judge to Handle Move to Oust Brown County Coroner – Cincinnati Enquirer
Local Government Insider: The Justice League of Ohio…(second story) – Columbus Dispatch Column
Ohio Poverty Law Center Finds Problems in Debt Cases – Cleveland Plain Dealer
SCOTUS Will Hear Challenge to Ohio Law Banning Campaign Lies – MSNBC.com
APRIL 16, 2014
Dispute Between Cedar Point Owner, Former Executive, Twists and Turns Its Way Before Ohio Supreme Court – Cleveland Plain Dealer
Former Kalida Teacher/Coach to Be Resentenced – Lima News
Appellate Court Upholds Convictions of Father Who Sexually Abused His Daughter – Columbus Daily Reporter
Frequent Gas Thief Loses Appeal – Columbus Daily Reporter
Ohio Justice: Division Over Death Penalty Expected – Associated Press
Analyzing Ohio’s Death Penalty Report – Columbus Dispatch Column
Judge Draws Cards to Choose Panel in Capital Murder Case – Elyria Chronicle Telegram
Youngstown Man Guilty of Murdering Woman Could Face Death Penalty – Youngstown WFMJ-TV
Richard J. Rinebolt; 1922-2014: Hancock Co. Judge Gave 2nd Chances – Toledo Blade
‘Red’ Rinebolt – Findlay Courier Column
Three Attorneys Offered as Belinky’s Successors – Youngstown WFMJ-TV
Court Consolidation Talks Causing City-County Friction – Zanesville Times Recorder
McNally Retains Lantz as City Prosecutor – Youngstown Vindicator
Vorys Law Firm Plans to Move Downtown Cleveland Offices to 200 Public Square – Cleveland Plain Dealer
OSU Professor Donald Tobin Named Dean at University of Maryland Law School – Columbus Business First
Becker Let Political Bias Supersede Jurisprudence – Cincinnati Enquirer Letter to the Editor
Supreme Court Ruling Will Mean More Political Ads on Ohio TV – Athens WOUB-Radio
APRIL 15, 2014
Appellate Court Rejects Appeal from Man Who Attacked, Raped Ex-Girlfriend – Columbus Daily Reporter
Man Who Was Convicted of Murder 25 Years Ago Loses Yet Another Appeal – Columbus Daily Reporter
Assault Alibi Was ‘Unpersuasive,’ According to Appellate Court – Columbus Daily Reporter
Federal Judge Rules Ohio Must Recognize Same-Sex Marriages from Other States – Cleveland Plain Dealer
Death Penalty Report is Good Starting Point – Canton Repository Editorial
Former County Judge Dies at 91 – Findlay Courier
Prosecutor Warns Against Jury Duty Scam – Dayton WKEF-TV
Former PUCO Chief Snitchler Joins McDonald Hopkins Law Firm – Columbus Dispatch
Legislation Would Protect Colleges from ‘Double Recoveries’ in Lawsuits – Columbus Daily Reporter
Supreme Court Allowing Election Process to Be Destroyed – Cleveland Plain Dealer Letter to the Editor
The Secrets to a Healthy Law Firm Merger – Wall Street Journal Column
APRIL 14, 2014
Ohio Supreme Court Hears Argument Between Cedar Point Parent Company, Former Employee – Lorain Morning Journal
Veteran Appeals Judge Will Hear Ohio Supreme Court Arguments on Use of Traffic Cameras – Associated Press
Judge to Ohio: Recognize Out-of-State Gay Marriage – Associated Press
Court: City of Akron Did Not Discriminate Against Mentally Ill Fire Dept. Lieutenant – Columbus Daily Reporter
Man Has Appeal Rejected in Vehicular Homicide Case – Columbus Daily Reporter
Man Who Had Sex With Minor Who Claimed to Be 18 Loses Appeal – Columbus Daily Reporter
Appeal Rejected for Man Who Robbed College Students – Columbus Daily Reporter
Better Execution – Akron Beacon Journal Editorial
Maumee Municipal Court Celebrates Anniversary – Toledo Blade
Arizona’s Early Bar Exam Sitting Attracts 38 Hopefuls – National Law Journal
A Gasoline Leak Into the Basement – Circleville Herald Justice P. Pfeifer Column
Andy Nowacki Foundation Names Scholarship Winners for 2014 – Willoughby News Herald
Governor Appoints Todd McKenney as Barberton Judge – Akron Beacon Journal
Smith, Culbert in Juvenile Judge Race – Fremont News Messenger
Lemons Discusses Experience to Be Judge – Portsmouth Daily Times
Juvenile Court Caseload Falls – Findlay Courier
Drug Courts Showing Signs of Success – Marion Star
UC Law Partners With Business Incubators – Cincinnati Enquirer
Fed Gov’t Sues Ohio Juvenile System – Sandusky Register
Law Firm Entry-Level Hiring Unlikely to Return to 2006 Levels – Wall Street Journal Column
APRIL 11, 2014
Are Traffic Cameras Unconstitutional? – Cleveland Plain Dealer Editorial
Prosecutors Object! Supreme Court’s Task Force Recommendations Could End Use of Death Penalty in Ohio, They Say – Cleveland Plain Dealer
Panel Advises Slashing List of Capital Offenses – Toledo Blade
‘With These Rules, You Couldn’t Execute Timothy McVeigh,’ Argues Task Force Dissent – Columbus Dispatch
New Sentencing Denied for 17-Year-Old Murder Case – Columbus Daily Reporter
Court Reverses Case Dismissal for Galloway Pot Grower – Columbus Daily Reporter
Precious Metal Dealers Act is Ruled Constitutional – Columbus Daily Reporter
Man Who Had Thousands of Images of Child Porn on Computer Loses Appeal – Columbus Daily Reporter
Justice Outlines Path to Supreme Court for McKinley Students – Canton Repository
Deters’ Kentucky Retirement Causes ‘Unprecedented’ Situation – Cincinnati Business Courier
Akron Teen to Face First Hearing as Adult in Slayings of Prominent New Franklin Couple – Akron Beacon Journal
Traffic, Drug Cases Keep Canfield’s Mayor Kosar Busy – Youngstown Vindicator
South Euclid Judge Explains Decision on Sentencing Man to Hold Bully Sign – Cleveland Plain Dealer
Death Row Inmate Needs No Recovery Time After Being Organ Donor – Cleveland Plain Dealer Letter to the Editor
Stark County Bar Association to Offer Free Legal Advice – Canton Repository
Smartphone Trial Judge Annoyed By Phones in Court – Associated Press
APRIL 10, 2014
Ohio Supreme Court Focuses on the Line Between On-the-Job and Personal Errands When Workers are Injured – Cleveland Plain Dealer
Man Wrongfully Sent to Death Row Hopes Court Will Reverse Ruling – Columbus Dispatch
Task Force Would Alter Ohio Capital Punishment – Columbus Dispatch
Supreme Court’s Death Penalty Task Force Report Recommends Independent Panel Review Capital Cases Before Prosecutors Can Proceed – Cleveland Plain Dealer
High Court Comes to Toledo – Toledo Blade
Court Rules Counsel Was Ineffective for Failing to Consult Medical Experts – Columbus Daily Reporter
Would-Be Underwear Thief Loses Appeal – Columbus Daily Reporter
Court Finds Traffic Stop Was Not Racial Profiling – Columbus Daily Reporter
Man Who Sold Illegal Video Game Chips Loses Appeal – Columbus Daily Reporter
Three-Judge Panel Sentences Vincent Jackson Jr. to Life in Prison – Elyria Chronicle Telegram
Supreme Court Decision on Youngstown Court Upgrade Months Away – Youngstown WFMJ-TV
Rhetoric in Mahoning Probate Judge Race Escalates – Youngstown Vindicator
Mahoning County Judge Candidate Responds to Campaign Critics – Youngstown WFMJ-TV
Prosecutor Rolls Out Ambitious Set of ‘Community Justice’ Programs – Athens News
Tiffin Approves Justice Center – Toledo Blade
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