A death row inmate was given a second chance at a postconviction relief proceeding last week when the 1st District Court of Appeals ruled that he was denied his right to due process. The per curiam opinion from the appellate court reversed the judgment of the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, which dismissed Mark [...]
The United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit recently ruled that a man involved in a heroin conspiracy was not denied his right to due process or an effective attorney. The federal court affirmed the judgment of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio where defendant Jabbar Spires was convicted [...]
The 6th District Court of Appeals recently ruled that Ohio’s abortion restrictions are unconstitutional and place an undue burden on women seeking abortions in the state. Relying on the United States Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, a three-judge appellate panel ordered that Toledo’s last remaining abortion clinic stay open and [...]
The federal 6th Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed the dismissal of a Hamilton woman’s lawsuit against Butler County and its police officers. In an opinion authored by Judge Eric Clay, a three-judge appellate panel held that Tina Davis was unable to state a claim on which relief could be granted. In a civil rights [...]
In a 4-3 ruling this week the Ohio Supreme Court held that an electric company could not be held liable for injuries sustained by a motorist who was struck by a deer and then hit a utility pole. The decision reversed the rulings of two lower courts — the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas [...]
The United States 6th Circuit Court of Appeals this week denied habeas corpus relief for death row inmate Grady Brinkley after finding “little that one could say in mitigation” of his crimes. Brinkley was sentenced to death after he was found guilty of the brutal murder of his ex-girlfriend, 18-year-old Shantae Smith. Court documents state [...]
A federal court of appeals recently ruled that United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio properly dismissed claims from a Cleveland woman that the city and several of its police officers wrongfully charged her with intimidation and harassment. In an opinion authored by Judge Ronald Lee Gilman, the 6th Circuit Court of [...]
An Urbana woman who pretended to have terminal cancer recently lost her appeal in the 2nd District Court of Appeals. One year ago, Heather Dawn Gaus was sentenced to one year in prison and ordered to pay more than $3,000 in restitution by the Champaign County Court of Common Pleas. She had pleaded guilty to [...]
A recent opinion from the Ohio Supreme Court clarified one of its earlier decisions in a ruling that held that in order to have standing to file a foreclosure, a bank is required to demonstrate a claim on a promissory note and a mortgage. The ruling reversed the judgment of the 9th District Court of [...]
The 10th District Court of Appeals recently affirmed the dismissal of drug charges against a Columbus man. The defendant, Ahmad Mobarak, was indicted on Feb. 1, 2013 in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas on one count of trafficking in drugs and one count of aggravated possession of drugs of activity that allegedly occurred [...]