Legal Opinion
State v. Willan
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided April 21, 2015No. 2012-0216PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFrench, J.
{¶ 1} Today we reopen the case of cross-appellee, David Willan, to consider new developments in Sixth Amendment jurisprudence. We conclude that because Willan’s case involved only judge-made findings of law, and not judge-made findings of fact, there was no violation of Willan’s Sixth Amendment right to a jury. Consequently, this sequel ends much the same way as the original, with Willan unambiguously subject to the mandatory ten-year prison term found in R.C. 2929.14(D)(3)(a).1
Background
{¶ 2} In December 2008, a jury convicted Willan of 68 counts, all stemming from Willan’s business…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Blakely v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- State v. ThompkinsOhio Supreme Court · 1997
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3Cited by8 opinions
- State v. JaegerOhio Court of Appeals · 2018
- State v. Beverly, Court of Appeals of Ohio, Second District, Clark County2017
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- Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Wolfe, M.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
- Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Wolfe, M.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
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