Ohio Introduces Reinstatement Fee Amnesty
Who Is Eligible For Driver’s License Reinstatement Fee Reduction? House Bill 336 creates a six-month driver’s license reinstatement fee amnesty reduction and waiver for offenders whose driver’s license...
View ArticleMarsy’s Law – Expansion of Victims’ Rights
Victims Of Crime Can Now Petition Court To Be Heard And Participate In Proceedings Under Marsy’s Law Marsy’s Law, or Issue One from the ballot in November 2017, is an expansion of victims’ rights in...
View ArticleNew Expungement Law – Cleaning Up Your Record
Expungement In Ohio: What Is Eligibile To Be Expunged From My Record? As of April 8, 2019, Ohio has switched up the rules on expungement once again, and made it easier for citizens to clean up their...
View ArticleIs parental discipline a defense or an element of a crime under the Ohio...
On February 19, 2020, the Ohio Supreme Court came out with the decision, State v. Faggs, Slip Opinion No. 2020-Ohio-523, where the Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals and held that...
View ArticleFleeing Misdemeanor Suspect: Warrant or no Warrant?
U.S. Supreme Court Overturns An Appeals Court Ruling In Case Involving Fleeing Misdemeanor Suspect The U.S. Supreme Court on June 23, 2021, decided the case of Lange v. California that questioned...
View ArticleFuture of Traffic Cameras in Ohio
Dayton Continues To Employ Traffic Cameras Despite Ohio Supreme Court Decision Citations generated from traffic cameras tend to be a nuisance for most drivers. However, the Ohio Supreme Court’s recent...
View ArticlePROFANE OUTBURSTS ARE NOT BASIS FOR ADDITIONAL PRISON TIME ACCORDING TO THE...
Why A Ohio Trial Court Cannot Sentence Someone To More Time Based on Outbursts In March 2019, a Lake County trial court handed down a 22-year sentence to Manson Bryant for his involvement in an armed...
View ArticleRecent Ohio Supreme Court Decision Broadens Ohioans’ Rights from Warrantless...
Major Win For Ohioans, Ohio Supreme Court Rules On Protection of Privacy On June 28, 2022 the Ohio Supreme Court released their majority opinion with an unanimous 7-0 decision, on the case of Ohio v....
View ArticleThe Impact of a Misdemeanor Conviction on Second Amendment Rights – The Case...
Do non-violent misdemeanants infringe upon their Second Amendment rights? Bryan Range pled guilty in a Pennsylvania federal district court to one charge of making a false statement on an application...
View ArticleOhio’s New Expungement Statute Creates Huge Changes with Your Criminal Record
On April 4, 2023, Senate Bill 288 took effect in Ohio that changed expungement law. This new law can allow criminal convictions to be sealed or expunged as long as it is within the list of proper...
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