State v. Roberts
Is it still good law? What later courts have actually done to this case.
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That decision affirmed Donna Roberts's murder conviction but vacated her death sentence because the trial judge used the prosecutor's help, without notice to the defense, to prepare the sentencing opinion. On remand, the Supreme Court of Ohio vacated the replacement death sentence for a separate error involving Roberts's allocution; it did not withdraw or reverse its 2006 opinion.
30 later cases cite State v. Roberts; 30 of those citations sat close to treatment language and were flagged for reading, and all of them have been read. Citations that did not sit near treatment language were not flagged and were not read one by one, so a court that weakened this case without using any of that language would not appear here.
Relying on State v. Roberts?
This page shows what later courts did to it. Ask about your specific facts and see whether it still carries your argument, with citations you can check.
No reviewed court has overruled or limited this case.
Every one of the 30 flagged citations was read, and each turned out to be something other than adverse treatment: a routine application, a party's argument the court rejected, or the case itself discussing older law. That reading is the finding this page exists to report.
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