Category: Ohio Juvenile Court
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As defense attorneys who have practiced for 30 years in the Cincinnati area, we see certain trends in criminal activity. Certain factors lead to people that wouldn’t usually break the law ending up in legal trouble. Unfortunately, one of the things that creates more illegal situation is the Holiday Season. While we would be happy…
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One of the pages on our website gives an overview on what to expect with a juvenile traffic charge in Ohio. While that information is useful as one of our pages, we thought it could also be helpful on our blog. So, without reiterating the whole article word for word, we will share some of…
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It’s been two years since we wrote an article specifically about drinking and driving under age. Just a few days before this article, we wrote about Juvenile traffic violations in Ohio. We talked about how some of the penalties are different from adult traffic violations and also touched on OVI. Now, just like adult OVI,…
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In practicing for over 3 decades, our attorneys have seen many juvenile cases as well as adult cases. Traffic cases are very common for juveniles just like they are for adults. However, the outcome of juvenile traffic cases is often different from that of adult traffic cases. There are several factors to any case involving…
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With all the changes to Ohio expungement laws, many people with criminal records in Ohio may be trying to keep up to date. We have a whole section on our blog dedicated to Ohio expungement laws. We wrote many of these articles to deal with changes to Ohio’s expungement laws as they happened. Other articles…
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In recent articles, we have explored the differences between adult court and juvenile court in Ohio. We focussed mostly on adult criminal convictions and how they differ from juvenile delinquent adjudications. But how do things change when we start talking about traffic court? Here are some specifics of juvenile traffic court. Pleas in Juvenile Traffic…
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We have recently written articles about Juvenile court in Ohio and how it differs from adult court in various specific ways. We wrote about how penalties can be different, and the differences in the expungement processes between the two systems. There are other differences to discuss, including some different terminology in juvenile court. In the…
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We recently posted an overview of sealing and expungement of criminal records in Ohio, and we mentioned that there are several exceptions to the rules, including exceptions for juvenile records. In this article, we go further into the details of sealing and expunging Ohio juvenile records. Sealing of Juvenile Records in Ohio Like adult records,…
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In most states, many people understand the justice system for adults. If the justice system finds you guilty of an illegal action, you are subject to some sort of penalty. The more serious the offense, the more serious the heavier the consequence. However, when it comes to juveniles, many Ohioans may not understand as the sentencing process as…
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As you are probably aware, you have to be 16 to obtain a driver’s license, 18 to legally be an adult, and 21 to reach legal drinking age. Because these legal ages are all different, an OVI conviction can have different results depending on how old you are. Most drivers are over the age of…
