1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.3d
  4. 515 F.3d
  5. 515 F.3d 653 (2008)
 

ROSS v. PETRO

Nos. 05-4212, 05-4213.

515 F.3d 653 (2008)

Denny ROSS, Petitioner-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. James PETRO, Attorney General for the State of Ohio, Respondent, Summit County Court of Common Pleas, Respondent-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: January 25, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Matthew E. Meyer, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellant. Jacob A. Cairns, Law Office, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Matthew E. Meyer, Jon W. Oebker, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellant. Jacob A. Cairns, Law Office, Columbus, Ohio, Max Kravitz, Kravitz, Brown & Dortch, Columbus, Ohio, David Z. Chesnoff, Chesnoff & Schonfeld, Las Vegas, Nevada, Lawrence J. Whitney, Sr., Burdon & Merlitti, Akron, Ohio, for Appellee.

Before: GUY, ROGERS, and McKEAGUE, Circuit Judges.

McKEAGUE, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which ROGERS, J., joined. GUY, J. (pp. 671-73), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.

OPINION

McKEAGUE, Circuit Judge.

Following four weeks of trial on murder, kidnaping, rape and other charges, and during the second day of jury deliberations, the Ohio trial court declared a mistrial after receiving a note from the foreperson indicating the jury's deliberations had been tainted by extraneous...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases