Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

The Supreme Court of Ohio today held that a warrantless search of abandoned property does not violate the property owner’s Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable searches because the owner forfeits any expectation of privacy in the property afte…

In a 7-0 decision announced today, the Supreme Court of Ohio issued a writ of quo warranto removing a member of the Carlisle Village Council, Scott Richardson, from office and declaring that a mayoral appointee, Terry Johnson, is entitled to that posit…

In separate disciplinary actions announced today, the Supreme Court of Ohio imposed indefinite license suspensions against Youngstown attorneys Warren “Bo” Pritchard and Brian P. Kish.

The Supreme Court of Ohio held today that, unless authorized by a specific statutory provision, a trial court generally does not have authority to modify its own final judgment that imposes a criminal sentence.

The Supreme Court of Ohio today upheld the convictions and death sentence of Lamont Hunter of Cincinnati for the 2006 rape and aggravated murder of his girlfriend’s three-year-old son, Trustin Blue.