Ohio v. D.B.
Petition for certiorari denied on December 12, 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.
SCOTUSblog Coverage
- Petition of the day (Joshua Matz, September 23, 2011)
Briefs and Documents
Certiorari-stage documents
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