Central Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers coacdl

03/27/2018

Hm. Just came across the Cleveland v. Oles decision from 2017. What do you think? Is a person "in custody" if they're asked to sit in a police cruiser?

05/25/2017

Next week is our last of the fiscal year. We'll be electing Officers and Board Members. (Wednesday, May 31 at 5:30 p.m. at Tony's Restaurant)

Robert Cohen of Porter Wright will be presenting a 1.5 hour CLE on Current Immigration Concerns for the Criminal Defense Practitioner.

June 28 Molly Gauntner, Chief Probation Officer for Franklin County Muni Court will be presenting the new Pre-Release Screening and Probation Changes. President Merisa Bowers and President-Elect Jon Saia have been meeting with that office concerning the new policies and everyone is very interested in having you know about them.

Dues notices have gone out. You'll need to be current for June's CLE. Here are the year's dates: June 28, July 26, August 30, Sept 27. Oct 25 and Nov. 29 are both Professional Responsibility, and our Holiday Party is Dec. 6.

If you have any questions, or if there is anything I can do for you, get in touch, 614-325-5910 or [email protected].

I hope to see you next week.

07/21/2016

Thank you to Dave Thomas and Judge Colleen O'Donnell for a phenomenal presentation on voir dire at June's COACDL Meeting! We are so sorry we ran out of time but maybe Attorney Thomas will be kind enough to come back next year for the activity on voir dire.

07/21/2016

Much gratitude to Judge David Young and Jon Saia for presenting to the membership of COACDL last night on Daubert hearings and use of experts in criminal cases! It was informative and valuable information.

04/07/2016

This is important for us to keep up with - so many social media apps that could produce possible evidence - but some are designed to make the data disappear.

70% of the recruiting of minors into trafficking happens online. Please watch out for this stuff! Will next share a social experiment to drive this home.

01/25/2016

"[P]risoners like [Henry] Montgomery must be given the opportunity to show their crime did not reflect irreparable corruption," Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote of Montgomery, ...

07/13/2015

Dropbox tipped law enforcement to an account holding multiple child po*******hy videos, according to an arrest affidavit.

06/01/2015

Piper Kerman was on All Sides with Ann Fisher last week discussing prison reform. She will be teaching at Marion and Ohio Reformatory for Women.

Central Ohio has been home to several well-known writers.

03/30/2015

A virtual roundtable discussion on the devastating, dehumanizing effects of solitary confinement.

03/26/2015

http://reason.com/blog/2015/03/25/pennsylvania-cop-charged-with-homicide-i

It's time to limit lawful interactions between police and residents.

03/23/2015

A big Thank You to the 15 NEW (or "back again") members of COACDL!
Annual dues include include over a dozen high-quality and engaging CLE hours (including required professional responsibility CLE hours), hors d'ouervres, and the annual holiday party where most Franklin County judges attend!
Thanks to President Derek DeBrosse, Jon Saia, Scott Shaw, and Leah Reibel for your efforts on reaching new membership!

03/20/2015

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2015/03/20/athens-county-sheriff-trial-sentence.html

ATHENS, Ohio – Athens County Sheriff Pat Kelly is headed to prison. Visiting Judge Patricia A. Cosgrove sentenced Kelly to 7 years today on public corruption charges. A jury on Feb. 12 found Kelly guilty of 18 crimes, including engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity. The corrupt-activity convicti…