Brief filed: 02/18/2020
Documents
Ohio v. Kinney
Supreme Court of Ohio; Case No. 2019-1103
Prior Decision
Decision below 2019 WL 2774306 (Ohio App. 7 Dist. June 28, 2019)
Argument(s)
The prohibition in R.C. 2953.08(D)(3)--which is entirely unique to Ohio--is most accurately understood as a legislative oversight with severe unintended consequences. But even if not, it is unconstitutional on both cruel-and-unusual-punishment and equal-protection grounds. Amici Curiae urge this Court to provide meaningful appellate review of sentences for aggravated murder in Ohio.
Author(s)
Peter Galyardt, Assistant Ohio Public Defender, Columbus, OH; Stephanie F. Kessler, Pinales, Stachler, Young & Burrell Co., LPA, Cincinnati, OH; Kristina Supler NACDL, Cleveland, OH.
