Legal Question in Criminal Law in Ohio

Hello,

My sister's judicial release was filed on 12-13-2011.

December 6, 2011

Case Review-Non Oral Hearing

(For office use only)

Result: Completed

January 5, 2012

Meeting with Counsel

(This is where her judge said he needed a little time to consider and re-read all the letters sent to him on her behalf.)

Result: Held

We never heard anything else until Monday January 23, 2012 when her case was updated online.

January 23, 2012

(Under DOCKETS-Case Access)

Hearing held as scheduled the following event: Meeting with Counsel scheduled for 01/05/2012 at 8:30 am has been resulted as follows: Result: Held Judge: McBride, Jerry R

January 23, 2012

(Under EVENTS-Case Access)

Case Review-Non Oral Hearing (For Office Use Only) 02/06/2012 08:25 08:30 McBride, Jerry R

So, my first question is this:

Is the Case Update posted January 23 basically reiterating that the meeting with counsel on January 5,2012 resulted in HELD because he wanted to think about it and its possible he's reached his decision from that hearing and has scheduled another Case Review-Non Oral Hearing (For office use only) on February 6, 2012 to hand over his decision? Please let me know what you think, or if I'm even on the right track with the way I perceive this.

Thank you so much,

Sincerely,

Tabatha Coulter


Asked on 1/26/12, 8:56 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Martin Yavorcik Yavorcik Law Firm

the weird thing about judicial release is you only want the court hearing if they are going to be let out, under Ohio law if u file for release and have a hearing and are denied you cannot refile the petition. But, if you file for release and there is no hearing and are denied, you can then re-apply for the hearing again. its crazy, but the law

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Answered on 2/09/12, 12:41 am


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