Ohio Court of Appeals· 9/21/2020

State v. Orta

Citations

2020 Ohio 4514

Syllabus

The trial judge lacked the authority to sua sponte order a courtroom spectator to immediately submit to a drug test based solely upon his stated belief that the spectator was impaired without any further indication of the spectator's conduct in the record. Thus, the trial judge's finding of direct contempt was without cause and constituted an invalid exercise of his contempt power under R.C. 2705.02(A).

Judges: Shaw

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Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

In Re Oliver
Supreme Court· 1948-03-08· cited 2,065×
State ex rel. Special Prosecutors v. Judges
Ohio Supreme Court· 1978-07-12· cited 377×
Denovchek v. Board of Trumbull County Commissioners
Ohio Supreme Court· 1988-03-23· cited 305×
Windham Bank v. Tomaszczyk
Ohio Supreme Court· 1971-06-30· cited 287×
State ex rel. Corn v. Russo
Ohio Supreme Court· 2001-01-17· cited 216×
State v. Kilbane
Ohio Supreme Court· 1980-02-13· cited 201×
In re S.J.
Ohio Supreme Court· 2005-07-13· cited 130×
Disciplinary Counsel v. O'Neill
Ohio Supreme Court· 2004-09-07· cited 111×
Disciplinary Counsel v. Cox
Ohio Supreme Court· 2007-03-21· cited 6×
State v. Stafford
Ohio Court of Appeals· 2013-09-26· cited 1×

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