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Ohio Supreme Court Relies on State Constitution to Reject Mandatory Transfer of Juvenile Offenders

Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 18th, 2017

The Court Decisions page of the Ohio Constitution: Law and History guide has been updated with the final cases of 2016 that interpreted constitutional issues. On December 22, 2016, the Ohio Supreme Court examined the constitutionality of state statutes requiring the mandatory transfer of juvenile offenders to adult courts, and ultimately ruled the statutes unconstitutional. […]

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Ohio Supreme Court: Double Jeopardy Protections for Juveniles

Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 24th, 2016

On June 9, 2016, the Ohio Supreme Court issued its decision in In re A.G., Slip Opinion No. 2016-Ohio-3306. The case was on appeal from an Eighth District Court of Appeals decision holding that the juvenile court did not err by refusing to merge acts that would have merged in adult criminal court because criminal […]

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