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Digital Evidence Center at Garfield Heights Municipal Court
The frustration of discovery delays has driven me to implement a web-based digital evidence center for the Garfield Heights Municipal Court. Discovery in criminal and traffic cases is one process that did not improve with remote hearings. Even with email exchange, I frequently have to continue cases for completion of discovery. With ten law enforcement […]
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OBMV License Reinstatement Fee Amnesty Chart For Traffic Defense Attorneys
The Ohio Access to Justice Foundation has printed this infographic to explain the OBMV License Reinstatement Fee Debt Reduction and Amnesty Program. Click here DLreinstateInfographic.
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SPEEDY TRIAL CHEAT SHEET
SPEEDY TRIAL CHEAT SHEET for Criminal Defense Attorneys and Prosecutors. By Chris Greene, Esq. with assistance from Robert Walton, Esq. (5-11-21)
Keeping Clients Informed – Assigned-Counsel Fees
By Shaker Heights Municipal Court Magistrate Anne Walton-Keller Recently the Supreme Court of Ohio decided that a trial court, pursuant to R.C. 2941.51(D), may order a criminal defendant to pay his or her court-appointed-counsel fees without first articulating explicit findings about the defendant’s ability to pay. State v Taylor, 2020-Ohio-6786. Taylor was ordered to pay […]
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New Edition of the Ohio Driver’s License Reinstatement Handbook
Judge Nicastro and Robert Walton published the 6th Edition of the Ohio Driver’s License Reinstatement Handbook today. The new edition explains the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles’ permanent debt reduction and amnesty program, omits several repealed suspensions and summarizes some relevant case law. Although limited, the case law in this area is illuminating. State v. […]
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