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Dan Trevas

@dantrevas.bsky.social

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Ohio Supreme Court public information staffer; Ohio State Bar Media Law member. Posts are not legal advice.

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Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

At an offsite court session before students, prosecutors said this is one of first cases where Cuyahoga County used a forensic genealogist. They located a suspect 10 years after the crime. Ohio Supreme Court affirms conviction of rape of woman who was roofied. www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/2026/S...

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Prosecution Produced Sufficient Evidence to Convict Offender of 2010 Rape

Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The Moyer Ohio Judicial Center, home to the Ohio Supreme Court, is truly a spectacular building. Glad to see grants are helping schools to bring students here for tours. www.courtnewsohio.gov/happening/20...

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No Textbook Required: Students Explore Ohio’s Highest Court

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Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A struggle between a mother overcoming drug use and the paternal grandparents of her daughter returns to juvenile court as the Ohio Supreme Court rules that nonparents are not entitled to custody unless a parent found "unsuitable," which is defined in the law. www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/2026/S...

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Court Must Find Parent Unsuitable Before Granting Custody of Child to Grandparents

Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The long legal battle between ODOT and the family of a Michigan traveler came to a close when the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that the department is not liable for the death caused by a teen dropping a construction sandbag off a Toledo bridge under reconstruction. www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/2026/S...

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ODOT Not Liable for Death Caused by Sandbag Dropped From Bridge

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Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Dueling city councils in Nelsonville, Ohio, continues. Ohio Supreme Court, again, tells appeals court to determine if council member elected in 2023 is still in office. Did citizen-led effort to reform government remove her? www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/2026/S...

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Appeals Court Directed to Resolve Dueling City Councils Dispute

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Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Ohio Supreme Court won't sanction Cincinnati over the release of records about a downtown brawl captured by multiple videos. Court noted that while denial of records must be prompt, the "legal explanation" for why records were denied does not have to be prompt. www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/2026/S...

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City Not Penalized for Delay in Providing Records Related to Downtown Brawl

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Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A falling out over home renovations led to a Belmont County man shooting at another. A jury acquitted the shooter of assault but convicted him for the stray bullets that hit the occupied house across the street. Ohio Supreme Court upheld his prison sentence. www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/2026/S...

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Trial Court Not Mistaken When Instructing Jury on Self-Defense

Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

In a divided opinion, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that the lot of a future home can't be registered as a voting address. Unless the Arcadia village councilwoman puts up a tent or camper on the lot where the home is going up, she can't register that she lives there. tinyurl.com/y7j2rxkn

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K.M. Kowalski @kmkowalski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Ohio’s biggest solar project, Oak Run, finally gets its permit after the state supreme court sent the case back to regulators for review of additional evidence. @canarymedia.com @ejtodaynews.bsky.social www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...

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Ohio’s biggest solar project finally gets permit after long legal…

Regulators’ approval of Oak Run Solar after a court forced them to consider more evidence is a rare clean-energy win in a state where it's tough to build…

Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The Supreme Court of Ohio rejected the Ohio tax commissioner's belief that a generic drugmaker should pay tax based on the "list price" of the drugs sold to pharmacies. Instead, the company correctly paid tax on the amount customers actually paid for the drugs. www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/2026/S...

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Drugmaker’s Business Tax Linked to Payments Rather Than Products' List Prices

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Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The Ohio Supreme Court rejected a request to put a citizen initiative to regulate data centers in Wilmington on the Nov. 3 ballot. Court agreed with a board of elections that the request sought to grant citizen lawsuit rights that a city can not permit. www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/2026/S...

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Proposed Data Center Regulations for Wilmington Will Not Be on November Ballot

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Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This is a nice offer to do some important work helping people out in three northeast Ohio counties - Summit, Stark and Portage. Free will and estate planning help for who can't afford an attorney. www.courtnewsohio.gov/happening/20...

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Registration Open for Free Estate Planning Clinic in Twinsburg

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Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

In a very rare move, the Ohio Supreme Court sent a case back to the tax appeals board because neither the justices nor the parties were sure exactly how the board ruled. www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/2026/S...

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Court Orders Board to Clarify Decision on Financial Service Company’s Tax Refund Claim

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Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Sheetz sued Centerville twice after city council nixed the approval of a plan for a new store. The Ohio Supreme Court ruled it was ok for the company to sue separately to overturn the council's decision and a second alleging a conspiracy to stop the shop. www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/2026/S...

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Rule Does Not Bar Second Lawsuit Against City for Rejecting Development Plan

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Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The Ohio Supreme Court says at this time it can't remove former Judge Jon Ickes from the ballot, even though in August, it suspended him for two years and removed him from office. The board of elections might have been able to remove him, but didn't act in time. www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/2026/S...

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Court Cannot Remove Suspended Judge From Ballot

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Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Court News Ohio talks to the judge and court staff who play themselves in a new movie, Union County, which delves into the struggles of addiction recovery and specialized court dockets that try to help. www.courtnewsohio.gov/happening/20...

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Movie Showcases Real Stories of Recovery and Hope From Ohio Court Program

Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The Ohio Supreme Court ruled the physical location where a sex offender works, even if only temporarily, is where the offender must register. An offender whose cleaning services took him to another county for several weeks convicted for not registering there. www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/2026/S...

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Sex Offender Required to Register in County Where He Was Working for Weeks

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Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Ohio Supreme Court says city of Sidney must move forward with a citizen petition to establish a uniformed procedure for recall elections of city officials. Won't be on the Nov. 3 ballot, but a special election. www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/2026/S...

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Sidney Must Submit City Recall Election Proposal to Board of Elections

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Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Ohio Supreme Court rules city of Trenton, between Dayton and Cincinnati, must put a resident-generated amendment to ban data centers on the ballot for a citywide vote. It doesn't have to be on Nov. 3, but sometime in the next 60 to 120 days. www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/2026/S...

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Trenton Must Place Data-Center-Ban Amendment on Special Election Ballot

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Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Many Ohio inmates received thousands of dollars in damages from the state after public records requests were denied. Devin Howard might be the last. His lawsuit for records was filed two days before a new 2025 law bar inmates from winning money. www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/2026/S...

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Prison Must Pay Inmate $4,000 for Withholding Records

Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The Ohio Supreme Court ruling will send chiropractors back to a Cleveland appeals court to argue whether state laws that make them wait 30 days to contact accident and crime victims to offer their services are constitutional. Laws on hold since 2019. www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/2026/S...

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Revised Laws on Soliciting Crime and Accident Victims Properly Enacted

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Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Ohio Supreme Court clarifies that a guilty plea is a complete admission to guilt, even if you disagree with the victims about what occurred. The high court stresses that lower courts ensure defendants know their rights before accepting pleas, so they understand the consequences. tinyurl.com/448mmzwy

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Crime Spree Plea to Reduced Charges Was Complete Admission of Guilt

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Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Strange case. Creditors in a failed business deal obtained the home of a lender who was buying the property from a couple. The trial court transfered the entire property to the creditors, even the share not yet paid for. Ohio Supreme Court allowed an appeal. www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/2026/S...

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Couple Can Seek Restitution for Court-Ordered Transfer of Ownership of Their Land

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Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

City and landowner going around and around on how much to pay to take land for a new roundabout - and neither side is satisfied. Ohio Supreme Court won't order N. Ridgeville to pay more. www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/2026/S...

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Court Ends Dispute Over Payment for Roundabout Construction

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Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

An error sent George Brinkman Jr.'s death penalty case back to trial court for the brutal murders of a family. Ohio Supreme Court reinstated his sentence today. He killed three people he knew well that day; also on death row for killing two more the next day. www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/2026/S...

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Court Upholds Death Penalty for Triple Homicide

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Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Sandusky County Common Pleas Court Judge Jon Ickes suspended for two years and removed from office. Today's Supreme Court opinion is loaded with direct quotes of his cringy comments, office antics, and lewd emojis sent from the bench, during a trial. www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/2026/S...

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Sandusky County Judge Removed from Office for Multiple Judicial Conduct Violations

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Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Does wind power generated in Minnesota actually reach Ohio? The Ohio Supreme Court is split on whether regulators can prove that it can. www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/2026/S...

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Court Upholds Certification of Out-of-State Wind Farms to Sell Electricity in Ohio

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Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Ohio Supreme Court rejects Dollar Bank's claims that Ohio's FIT tax on banks is unconstitutional. courtnewsohio.gov/cases/2026/S...

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Court Finds Financial Institution Tax Constitutional, Denies Refund

Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

A dairy worker was hurt in an accident when safety guards were removed from the equipment. The jury awarded him $1.9 million. An appeals court overturned the verdict. Ohio Supreme Court overturned the appeals court decision: found worker proved enough to win. www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/2026/S...

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Worker Proved Dairy Farm’s Removal of Farm Equipment’s Safety Guard Led to Injuries

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Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

The ball is now in the board of elections court on whether Pickaway County residents will vote on a deal to help bring two data centers two the village of Ashville. Ohio Supreme Court ordered the village to send the referendum petition to the board. www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/2026/S...

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Village Must Submit Data Center Referendum to County Board of Elections

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Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Thank you @21wfmj.bsky.social and WCMH TV4 Columbus for reporting on our new games. Hope it gets people thinking about how judges decided cases and what might make them change their minds. www.courtnewsohio.gov/happening/20...

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From Trial to Supreme Court, Students Experience Role of Judges

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Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Our public information interns did profile stories on three appellate judges sitting on assignment for an Ohio Supreme Court case. Interesting back stories. www.courtnewsohio.gov/bench/2026/W... www.courtnewsohio.gov/bench/2026/R... www.courtnewsohio.gov/bench/2026/M...

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Appellate Judge Lives Childhood Dream at Supreme Court

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Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

The Ohio Supreme Court wants students to experience what it's like to be a judge or on a panel of judges deciding a case. It's geared toward 6th graders, but kids of any age and adults might enjoy it. See if your mind changes as the case moves along. www.courtnewsohio.gov/happening/20...

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From Trial to Supreme Court, Students Experience Role of Judges

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Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Ohio Supreme Court is again part of the Open Doors tour. Here's a chance to check out the building after work hours. www.courtnewsohio.gov/happening/20...

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Supreme Court Opens Its Doors for Free Evening Tours

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Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Two men got into a fistfight in a parking lot. One man threatened to shoot the other, but his loaded gun was in the car. Police want the man to forfeit his gun. The Ohio Supreme Court will consider whether prosecutors took the proper steps to take the weapon. www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/previe...

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Oral Argument Previews for Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026

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Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Ohio taxes the fuel that powers your vehicle down the road. But what about the fuel used to move lift arms and compactors on a trash truck? The Ohio Supreme Court will hear a request for a $723K tax refund on fuel used to power takeoff systems. Read more: www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/previe...

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Oral Argument Previews for Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026

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Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Interesting case before the Ohio Supreme Court next week: A smoke shop says the Ohio attorney general can't take action against the store for selling illegal flavored e-cigarettes. Says only the federal government can enforce the law against flavored e-cigs. www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/previe...

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Oral Argument Previews for Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026

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Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Some interesting cases before the Ohio Supreme Court next week, including the death sentence of Gurpreet Singh, who claimed some unknown invaders linked to a multimillion-dollar family-owned property in India killed his family in West Chester, Ohio, not him. www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/previe...

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Oral Argument Previews for Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026

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Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Great quote by Ohio judge about using AI/internet in court filings. It might give you something that is "legal-ish"! www.nbc4i.com/news/politic...

2 Ohio attorneys facing sanctions for legal briefs containing AI-generated falsehoods

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The office of the Ohio Disciplinary Counsel filed a complaint this week with the Board of Professional Conduct against a Cleveland-area attorney claiming he used artif…

Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Court News Ohio occasionally posts videos of recent Ohio Supreme Court decisions. Here's one on the hot topic of apartment utility submetering. Watch the full video bit.ly/3TeW6HZ

Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Ohio Supreme Court resolves quirky case where an HOA sued to stop a proposed $3.2 million water drainage project. The counties involved say the group jumped the gun. The Court said the vote to proceed with the plan was enough to send the matter to court. www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/2026/S...

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Homeowners Association Can Appeal Water Drainage Improvement Plan

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Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Appeals Court decisions sometimes note that the judges consider themselves to be the "13th juror" in a case and overturn the decision of the actual jury. In a Cleveland child rape case, Ohio Supreme Court clarifies when lower courts can take that role. www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/2026/S...

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Appeals Court Must Accept Jury’s Credibility Assessment of Rape Victim’s Testimony

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Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Ohio Supreme Court upholds verdict in odd case where man left his car running, it got stolen, and then he shoots at robbers to stop car. He gets convicted of a felony for shooting from a busy street. Trial judge regretted imposing mandatory 3-year gun use term. www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/2026/S...

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Felony Conviction Upheld Despite Discrepancy With Verdict Form

Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Ohio Supreme Court offers some potential recovery for those who lose their home because they can't post an expensive bond to stop a foreclosure sale. Court says homeowners can seek restitution if the bank wrongfully foreclosed, even after the home is sold. www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/2026/S...

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Homeowner Can Seek Restitution by Appealing Foreclosure

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Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

In 4-3 decision Ohio Supreme Court overturns a 1987 decision and finds state law allows a prosecutor to appeal a judge's decision to acquit a defendant found guilty by a jury. Can seek to have a jury's verdict reinstated. www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/2026/S...

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Prosecutor Can Appeal Judge’s Decision to Overturn Jury’s Guilty Verdict

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Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Ohio Supreme Court weighs in on consecutive sentencing law again. Former Lake County teacher's 30-year prison sentence upheld. www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/2026/S...

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Court Affirms Nearly 30-Year Prison Sentence for Teacher’s Sex Offenses

Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

The case of a Cincinnati area mother convicted for abusing her stepson continues. The Ohio Supreme Court overturned the decision to vacate her prison sentence but did not reinstate it. Rather, it remanded the case to consider her claim of ineffective counsel. www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/2026/S...

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Jury Had Enough Information to Convict Woman of Child Endangerment

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Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Second time this year, a city is found not liable for a rec center pool death. Ohio Supreme Court rules non-defective products aren't "physical defects" to government property. An 83-year-old women died after tripping on a new bench's legs in Berea locker room. www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/2026/S...

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City Cannot Be Sued for Woman’s Fatal Tripping Injury in Recreation Center Locker Room

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Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

@npr.org story on Thomas Jefferson's laptop desk was terrific. Inspired to check it out on the Smithsonian webpage. Looks like something from the Sharper Image catalog. www.si.edu/object/decla...

Declaration of Independence Desk | Smithsonian Institution

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Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

What would media law be without the "human cannonball" case? This weekend marks the 49th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's Zacchini decision. Ohio Supreme Court continues to highlight some of the landmark cases emanating from the Buckeye State. www.courtnewsohio.gov/happening/20...

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Legal Legacy: Human Cannonball Fought for His Right of Publicity And Won

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