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Tag Archives: subject-matter jurisdiction
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
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
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
The State’s Lack of Consistency
In a reply brief* filed with the Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday, Jeff pursues his claim that his trial should not have been held in Ohio. This claim is being pursued in addition to his claims of innocence (which are based … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, USA
Tagged capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, exculpatory evidence, flawed hair evidence, impeaching evidence, injustice, innocence, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, justice system, October 2016, Ohio, police file, subject-matter jurisdiction, suppressed evidence, Supreme Court of Ohio, trial, USA
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
A Necessary Motion
Jeffrey Wogenstahl’s most recent motion sent to the Ohio Supreme Court does not focus on Jeff’s innocence, but on whether his trial court had jurisdiction to try him. Jeff maintains his innocence, but the jurisdiction motion must also be filed. The … Continue reading
Posted in AEDPA, Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, capital punishment, death penalty, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, Uncategorized, USA
Tagged 2015, AEDPA, Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, capital punishment, death penalty, habeas corpus relief, Indiana, injustice, innocence, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Judge Karen Moore, Justice Sotomayor, law, Ohio, Ohio Supreme Court, prosecutor misconduct, subject-matter jurisdiction, USA, wrongful convictions
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