Closing Argument Waived When Defendant Does Not Request and No Objection to Omission is Entered
From the site: "2008-2415. State v. McCausland, Slip Opinion No. 2009-Ohio-5933.
Opinion: http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2009/2009-Ohio-5933.pdf
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(Nov. 17, 2009) The Supreme Court of Ohio ruled today that a criminal defendant waives the Sixth Amendment right to present a closing argument when he or she neither requests a closing argument nor enters an objection to its omission. The Court's 7-0 decision was authored by Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton."
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Source: The Supreme Court of Ohio, 17 November 2009
Damaging Single Phone Violates 'Disrupting Public Service' Law If Conduct Substantially Impairs Emergency Response
From the site: "2008-1942 and 2008-2170. State v. Robinson, Slip Opinion No. 2009-Ohio-5937.
Opinion: http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2009/2009-Ohio-5937.pdf
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(Nov. 18, 2009) The Supreme Court of Ohio ruled today that the damaging of a single private telephone or cellular telephone disrupts public services in violation of R.C. 2909.04(A)(3) if the conduct substantially impairs the ability of law-enforcement officers, firefighters, rescue personnel, emergency-medical-services personnel, or emergency-facility personnel to respond to an emergency or to protect and preserve any person or property from serious physical harm.
The Court's 7-0 decision, authored by Justice Maureen O'Connor, reversed a ruling by the 3rd District Court of Appeals."
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Source: The Supreme Court of Ohio, 18 November 2009
Court Rules That Order Granting or Denying Stay of Trial Pending Arbitration is Subject to Immediate Appeal
From the site: "2009-0054. Mynes v. Brooks, Slip Opinion No. 2009-Ohio-5946.
Opinion: http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2009/2009-Ohio-5946.pdf
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(Nov. 18, 2009) The Supreme Court of Ohio ruled today that when a party in a civil lawsuit moves for a stay of trial pending arbitration of the dispute, and the trial court issues an order granting or denying the requested stay, R.C. 2711.02(C) permits an immediate appeal of the trial court's order, even when that order does not include a judicial determination that there is "no just cause for delay" in pursuing an appeal as required by Civil Rule 54(B).
The Court's 4-3 majority opinion, which reversed a decision of the 4th District Court of Appeals, was authored by Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer."
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Source: The Supreme Court of Ohio, 18 November 2009
