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Ohio’s traffic laws made a pivotal change this year, and some new legislation could call for more change in the new year. In January, Gov. Mike DeWine signed a new distracted driving law , which ...
A two- or three-level offense level reduction is usually available for those who accept responsibility by not holding the prosecution to the burden of proving its case; this usually amounts to a complete sentence reduction had they gone to trial and lost. [31] The Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure provide for two main types of plea agreements ...
Ohio municipal and county courts are courts of limited jurisdiction and courts of record created by the General Assembly. They hear cases involving traffic violations, non-traffic misdemeanors, evictions and small civil claims (in which the amount in controversy does not exceed than $15,000), and also conduct preliminary hearings in felony cases.
Jul. 2—COLUMBUS — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine recently announced the launch of a new program aimed at helping local courts more efficiently process increasing numbers of court cases. The Office of ...
The 3-level reduction is only available to defendants with an offense level of 16 or greater, and it requires a timely guilty plea. Federal plea agreements usually include a stipulation that the government will support granting the defendant the acceptance of responsibility reduction. The guideline states, in reference to the 2-level reduction: [2]
The Ohio Supreme Court will again consider a case about how much leeway appeals courts have to change criminal sentences doled out by trial judges. Ohio Supreme Court to debate long criminal ...
A former Streetsboro City Council member and mayoral candidate pleaded guilty to charges stemming from possessing a stolen vehicles and firearms, among other offenses, at his state Route 14 scrap ...
In criminal law, strict liability is liability for which mens rea (Law Latin for "guilty mind") does not have to be proven in relation to one or more elements comprising the actus reus ("guilty act") although intention, recklessness or knowledge may be required in relation to other elements of the offense (Preterintentionally [1] [2] /ultraintentional [3] /versari in re illicita).