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Ohio v. D.B.

Petition for certiorari denied on December 12, 2011
Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
11-277 Ohio N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2011

Issue: (1) Whether the Ohio statutory rape law is void for vagueness as applied to juveniles under thirteen years of age; (2) whether prosecutors violated the federal Equal Protection Clause when two pre-teen boys engaged in sexual conduct with each other in violation of a state law prohibiting sexual conduct with a pre-teen but prosecutors exercised their discretion to only charge one of these pre-teen boys.

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