STATE EX REL. TRIPLETT v. ROSS

No. 2006-0742

111 Ohio St.3d 231 (2006)

2006-Ohio-4705

THE STATE EX REL. TRIPLETT v. ROSS, JUDGE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided September 13, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey M. Gamso, Legal Director, ACLU of Ohio Foundation, Inc., for relator.

Daniel L. Bennett, Assistant Bellefontaine Municipal Prosecuting Attorney, for respondents Judge John L. Ross, Clerk Marty Carmean, and Bellefontaine Municipal Court.

Jim Petro, Attorney General, and Frank M. Strigari, Assistant Attorney General, for intervening respondent Attorney General of Ohio.

David H. Bodiker, Ohio Public Defender, and Stephen P. Hardwick, Assistant Public Defender; Charles B. Clovis, urging granting of writ for amici curiae Ohio Public Defender and Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.


Per Curiam.

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