Oral Argument: Constitutionality of Requiring Direct Appeal to Supreme Court of Denial of Postconviction DNA Test in Death Penalty Case

Does a provision of the DNA testing statute violate the Ohio Constitution (Article IV, sections 2(B)(2)(c) and 3(B)(2)) by mandating that the denial of applications for postconviction DNA testing in death penalty cases must be appealed directly to the Supreme Court of Ohio rather than to an intermediate court of appeals?  Oral argument preview.

State of Ohio v. Tyrone Lee Noling, Case no. 2011-0778

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