Supreme Court of Ohio 2006 Annual Report - Supreme Court - State ...

The following is a chronological list of the merit decisions
with opinions decided by the Supreme Court of Ohio in 2006 that were
summarized by the Office of Public Information. Majority opinion authors
are in boldface. Lawyer and judicial discipline cases are not included. The
full text of these and all 2006 opinions is available online at
www.supremecourtofohio.gov.
January
State v. Jackson
Case no. 2003-0137
Web cite 2006-Ohio-1
Affirms the convictions and death
sentence of Nathaniel Jackson for
the December 2001 death of Robert
Fingerhut.
Trumbull C.P. No. 01-CR-794.
Judgment affirmed.
Moyer, C.J., Resnick, Pfeifer,
Lundberg Stratton, O’Connor,
O’Donnell and Lanzinger, JJ.,
concur.
Jaylin Investments Inc. v. Moreland Hills
Case no. 2004-1145
Web cite 2006-Ohio-4
Denies a developer’s constitutional
challenge to a local zoning ordinance
preventing developers from building
homes on half-acre lots in an area with a
two-acre specified minimum lot size.
Cuyahoga App. No. 82739, 157
Ohio App.3d 277, 2004-Ohio-
2689. Judgment affirmed. Moyer,
C.J., Resnick, Lundberg Stratton,
O’Connor and Lanzinger, JJ.,
concur. Pfeifer and O’Donnell, JJ.,
dissent.
Hernandez v. Kelly (per curiam)
Case no. 2005-2258
Web cite 2006-Ohio-126
Grants a writ of habeas corpus ordering
the immediate release of Henry
Hernandez of Cleveland from prison,
and bars the Ohio Adult Parole Authority
from imposing any further term of postrelease
control on him.
Moyer, C.J., Resnick, Pfeifer,
Lundberg Stratton, O’Connor,
O’Donnell and Lanzinger, JJ., concur.
State v. Hand
Case no. 2003-1325
Web cite 2006-Ohio-18
Affirms the aggravated murder
convictions and death sentence of Gerald
R. Hand for the January 2002 shooting
deaths of his wife, Jill Hand, and friend
and former employee, Lonnie Welch.
At trial, Welch was alleged to be Hand’s
co-conspirator in the unsolved murders of
his first two wives in 1976 and 1979.
Delaware C.P. No. 02CRI-08-366.
Judgment affirmed. Moyer, C.J.,
Resnick, Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton,
Singer, O’Donnell and Lanzinger,
concur. Arlene Singer, J., of the
6 th Appellate District, sitting for
O’Connor, J.
State v. Newton
Case no. 2003-0565
Web cite 2006-Ohio-81
Affirms the conviction and death
sentence of Christopher Newton for the
2001 aggravated murder of Jason Brewer.
Richland C.P. No. 02-CR-48H.
Judgment affirmed.
Moyer, C.J., Resnick, Pfeifer,
Lundberg Stratton, O’Connor,
O’Donnell and Lanzinger, JJ., concur.
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