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Tag Archives: Ohio Supreme Court
Jurisdiction Ruling: a Reassuring Footnote
A Sixth Circuit court has denied[i] Jeffrey Wogenstahl the opportunity to make a separate appeal to establish whether Ohio had jurisdiction to try him. Jeff wanted to appeal an Ohio Supreme Court’s ruling[ii] from 2017. In that ruling the majority … Continue reading
Posted in criminal justice, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, jurisdiction, Ohio, USA
Tagged capital punishment, conclusive presumption, criminal justice, death penalty, habeas petition, Indiana, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, June 2020, jurisdiction, Justice O'Connor, miscarriages of justice, new judgment, Ohio, Ohio Supreme Court, subject-matter jurisdiction, USA, wrongful convictions
Scope for Pitfalls Ahead
2018 has brought Jeffrey Wogenstahl a huge breakthrough – a federal court decision that spelled out the travesty that was his trial. As Jeff knows only too well, however, there is scope for pitfalls ahead. If he needed any proof … Continue reading
Posted in Anthony Aponovitch, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, DNA testing, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, Ohio Supreme Court, USA, wrongful convictions
Tagged Anthony Aponovitch, appeals, capital punishment, criminal justice, Cuyahoga County Court, death penalty, death row, December 2018, DNA testing, execution, innocence, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, Ohio Southern District Court, Ohio Supreme Court, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, USA, wrongful convictions
Shadow of Execution Date Lifted
Jeffrey Wogenstahl has been granted an indefinite stay of execution by the Ohio Supreme Court (see Supreme Court of Ohio Case Announcements October 24, 2018): 1995-0042. State v. Wogenstahl. Hamilton App. No. C-930222. On appellant’s motion to reopen direct appeal. Motion … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, death penalty, death row, executions, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, USA
Tagged Chillicothe Correctional Institution, death row, FBI hair testimony, hair analysis, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, jurisdiction, jurors, jury, October 2018, official misconduct, Ohio, Ohio Southern District Court, Ohio Supreme Court, police file, stay of execution, suppressed evidence, Supreme Court of Ohio, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, USA
A Flawed Statute
Jeffrey Wogenstahl has filed a new petition in the Ohio Supreme Court, claiming that Ohio relied on a flawed statute to allow itself jurisdiction to try him.* At fault was the statute’s sub-section known as R.C. §2901.11(D); this addressed situations … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, USA
Tagged aggravated murder, Amber Garrett, due process of law, execution date, Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution, injustice, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, jurisdiction, Justice Kennedy, May 2018, Ohio, Ohio Constitution's Due Course of Law Clause, Ohio Supreme Court, R.C. 2901.11(D), subject-matter jurisdiction, USA, venue
The Majority Judges Erred
Jeffrey Wogenstahl has appealed an unfavorable Ohio Supreme Court ruling.* Last month five of the judges rejected his claim that Ohio lacked jurisdiction to try him for murder; but Chief Justice O’Connor wrote a compelling dissent in his support (see … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Indiana, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, jurisdiction, Ohio Supreme Court, USA
Tagged Appellant Jeffrey Wogenstahl’s Motion for Rehearing and/or Reconsideration, August 2017, Bruce Wheeler, capital punishment, Carl J. Schmidt M.D; M.P.H., Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor, criminal justice, death penalty, Gary A. Rini M.F.S., Indiana, ineffective trial counsel, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, jurisdiction, Ohio, Ohio Supreme Court, USA
Oral Argument Information
The Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in Jeffrey Wogenstahl’s case about jurisdiction on Tuesday morning next week (Tuesday, April 4, 2017). The session will be held at the Thomas J. Moyer Ohio Judicial Center in Columbus. The … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, death row, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, jurisdiction, Ohio, USA
Tagged Amber Garrett, April 2017, capital punishment, Columbus, criminal justice, death penalty, Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney, Harrison, Indiana, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Joseph Deters, Justice Patrick DeWine, Justice Patrick Fischer, Justice William O'Neill, Ohio, Ohio Supreme Court, oral argument, Supreme Court of Ohio, Thomas J. Moyer Ohio Judicial Center, USA, West Harrison
The Dilemma of the Ohio Supreme Court
The Ohio Supreme Court has denied* Jeff’s motion to remand his case to the trial court. This motion had asked the court to allow all Jeff’s legal challenges to be combined into one. The court has also declined to accept … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, flawed forensics, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Judge O'Neill, Ohio Supreme Court, USA
Tagged capital punishment, case announcements, criminal justice, death penalty, flawed forensics, flawed hair testimony, forensic hair evidence, Harrison Police Department, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Justice O'Neill, March 2017, miscarriages of justice, new trial, Ohio, Ohio Supreme Court, US Department of Justice, USA, wrongful conviction
Oral Argument: April 4, 2017
Tuesday, April 4, 2017 will be an important day for Jeffrey Wogenstahl. Oral argument has been scheduled for that day,* to consider whether his Ohio trial court lacked jurisdiction to try him (Jeff has a strong case that because the … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Indiana, injustice, innocence, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, jurisdiction, Ohio, oral argument, USA, wrongful conviction
Tagged 1993, capital punishment, death penalty, Hamilton County, Indiana, injustice, innocence, January 2017, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, jurisdiction, Ohio, Ohio Supreme Court, oral argument, prosecutorial misconduct, subject-matter jurisdiction, suppressed evidence, trial, USA, wrongful conviction
Not Indicative of a Murderer
One of the filings from Jeffrey Wogenstahl that is now before the Ohio Supreme Court supports his claim of innocence. This claim was dismissed by the Hamilton County Court of Appeals last December, a decision which has been roundly criticized for … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, injustice, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, perjured testimony, prosecutorial misconduct, USA
Tagged Amber Garrett, August 2016, capital punishment, death penalty, drug offences, Eric Horn, FBI Testimony on Microscopic Hair Analysis, Hamilton County Court of Appeals, injustice, innocence, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, MHCA Review, miscarriages of justice, Ohio, Ohio Supreme Court, perjury, prosecutorial misconduct, USA, wrongful convictions
A Question of Jurisdiction
Yesterday Jeff’s lawyers addressed the issue which the Ohio Supreme Court has invited them to raise, namely that Jeff’s trial court did not have jurisdiction to try him. The relevant statute in force at the time of the crime of … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, jurisdiction, Ohio, subject-matter jurisdiction, USA
Tagged August 2016, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Hamilton County, homicide, Indiana, injustice, innocence, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, jurisdiction, Ohio, Ohio Supreme Court, subject-matter jurisdiction, USA, wrongful convictions
