Mock trial season kicks off this Friday when about 3,500 high school students will descend on county courthouses around the state to take part in the Ohio Center for Law-Related Education’s 34th Annual Ohio Mock Trial district competition. Teams of five to 11 students will assume the roles of witnesses and attorneys to present both [...]
The 10th District Court of Appeals affirmed a Franklin County man’s aggravated murder conviction. The defendant, Jonathan Hairston, appealed from the judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, where he was convicted on the murder charge with gun specifications. Hairston claimed that his conviction was not supported by sufficient evidence nor that the [...]
A pair of Franklin County sewer projects were completed early and under budget this week to the benefit of county taxpayers. The Franklin County Board of Commissioners Tuesday approved resolutions to authorize a final contract modification with the contractors of each of the projects — replacements of water valves throughout Sanitary District 4 and a [...]
The results of the Columbus Bar Association’s annual Judicial Preference Poll have been released and reveal some tight races for seats on the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas. The annual poll, one of two conducted by the CBA, asks respondents to choose the common pleas court candidate they most prefer. More than 7,000 attorneys [...]
Voting for the president is one thing, but come November Ohio ballots will be filled with many judicial candidates and the results of those races will arguably affect life at the local level as much as any president could. But educating voters about judicial candidates is quite the challenge. Without the news coverage or the [...]
Many Ohioans cannot get affordable dental care in their communities, according to a statewide nonprofit health organization. Dental care is the No. 1 health need for children and low-income adults in Ohio, according to the Universal Health Care Action Network of Ohio. “More than 1.5 million Ohioans live in areas with limited access to dentists,” [...]
A divided panel of three judges in the 10th District Court of Appeals vacated a Franklin County man’s aggravated murder conviction this week. “The evidence does not support a finding that the killing was done as the result of prior calculation and design,” Judge Gary Tyack wrote on behalf of the court of appeals’ majority. [...]
Former Franklin County Municipal Court Judge Harland Hale has had his law license reinstated by the Ohio Supreme Court this week. The former environmental court judge resigned from the bench in 2013 amid scandal including sexual harassment allegations and pending discipline for the improper dismissal of a speeding ticket. In a 5-2 decision in Nov. [...]
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced late last week that a Franklin County home health aide who worked for 20 months while fraudulently collecting BWC benefits must pay $37,962 in restitution for the act. Angelique Braxton, one of eight Ohio workers convicted in June in criminal cases related to workers’ compensation fraud, pleaded guilty [...]
A task force convened in the beginning of this year to examine improvements to Ohio’s grand jury system has released its final report to the state supreme court. The task force, convened in January by Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor, was charged with examining and recommending any improvements to the grand jury system specifically regarding Ohio’s [...]