Ohio Court Tosses Sentence In Pot Case Over Phone Search

By Jonathan Capriel ( July 25, 2025, 9:05 PM EDT) -- An Ohio state court abused its discretion when it imposed the maximum possible jail sentence on a man who pled guilty to marijuana charges, a state appellate court has ruled, saying the judge improperly penalized the defendant for refusing to allow police to search his cell phone....

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