New Lawyer Talk episodes coming, but here's the Common Sense Ohio podcast until then.

New Year, same Common Sense Ohio.

New laws taking effect in Ohio in 2023

• An enhanced distracted driving provision within a broader omnibus criminal justice bill, which DeWine vocally supported and signed during a ceremony Tuesday morning, now gives law enforcement the ability to pull a person over solely for being on their phone.
• Many many implications of wrongful searches.

Finishing up the Amber Alert story. How 2 Indiana moms capture suspect, rescue missing Ohio baby Kason Thomas.

Biden awards Citizens Medal to 12 on Jan. 6 anniversary.

Jim Jordan nominated for speaker of the House of Representatives? By conservative hardliners amid GOP infighting for House leadership

FAA investigating operations safety at Cleveland Hopkins airport - but not just seeing the light of day by the public.

NFL incident - another chapter of in the saga of shutting down the NFL

JD Vance comments about 3-week recess just after being sworn in - "Well, I guess my first reaction...is they don't work very hard, because we got sworn in on Tuesday and then we started a three-week recess."

Recorded at Channel 511.

Stephen E. Palmer, Esq. has been practicing criminal defense almost exclusively since 1995. He has represented people in federal, state, and local courts in Ohio and elsewhere.

Though he focuses on all areas of criminal defense, he particularly enjoys complex cases in state and federal courts.

He has unique experience handling and assembling top defense teams of attorneys and experts in cases involving allegations of child abuse (false sexual allegations, false physical abuse allegations), complex scientific cases involving allegations of DUI and vehicular homicide cases with blood alcohol tests, and any other criminal cases that demand jury trial experience.

Steve has unique experience handling numerous high-publicity cases that have garnered national attention.

For more information about Steve and his law firm, visit Palmer Legal Defense.

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