In a per curiam opinion released last week, the Supreme Court of Ohio affirmed the denial of a writ of mandamus for a man who pleaded guilty to two counts of murder in 1972. The defendant, William Ridenour, was sentenced to two terms of life in prison along with other, shorter prison terms for additional [...]
The United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit recently granted the habeas corpus petition of a death row inmate and ordered a resentencing hearing. Percy “June” Hutton was convicted in 1986 of the aggravated murder of Derek “Ricky” Mitchell and the attempted murder of Samuel Simmons Jr. along with two counts of kidnapping [...]
The federal 6th Circuit Court of Appeals recently denied habeas corpus relief for a death row inmate after finding that he presented no new arguments in a second motion for habeas relief. The ruling vacated the judgment of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio at Dayton, which had denied the Rule [...]
A man convicted of plotting to kill a judge, a mayor, a prosecutor and a police chief will receive a limited resentencing according to a recent judgment from the 11th District Court of Appeals. The judgment overruled most of a second appeal from Joseph Sands, who was convicted in November 2006 following a jury trial [...]
The 10th District Court of Appeals last week affirmed a judgment suspending an Ohio neurologist for irresponsibly prescribing pain medication. Dr. Marvin Rorick appealed from the findings of the Ohio State Medical Board and the sanctions that resulted from those findings after already having an appeal rejected by the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas. [...]
The federal 6th Circuit Court of Appeals last week stood with precedent when it upheld paperwork requirements for pro se litigants in prison. “We have been sensitive to the fact that prisoners without attorneys lack the same freedom to proactively ensure the timely delivery and receipt of documents as other litigants,” Judge Damon Keith wrote [...]
A divided United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit recently ordered a new trial for a man convicted of the Christmas Eve murder of his mother. Circuit Judge Helene White, writing on behalf of the federal appeals court’s majority, held that Joseph Reddy was provided with ineffective assistance of counsel when his attorney [...]
The federal 6th Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld a ruling that Cleveland police officers were not discriminated against in 2012 after a deadly car chase and shooting. The judgment upheld the ruling of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio where nine Cleveland officers claimed that they were discriminated against [...]
The United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit recently ruled that an estate can be held liable for failing to pay taxes that a hired attorney failed to file. The ruling released on Thursday is in keeping with the court’s precedent that incompetent attorneys or financial advisers cannot be to blame when taxes [...]
The federal court of appeals for the 6th Circuit recently released an opinion that revoked summary judgment for a prison doctor who is alleged to have withheld proper care for an inmate. Dr. Myron Shank was sued by the estate of inmate Gregory Stamper, who was housed in the Allen Correctional Institution in Lima. Stamper [...]