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Steven L. Taylor

Legal Research & Staff Counsel

Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association

In 1983, Steven L. Taylor received a B.A. degree in History from the University of Michigan. In 1986, he received a J.D. degree from the Ohio State University. He is a former law clerk for the Ohio Court of Appeals, Tenth Appellate District, and for Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer of the Ohio Supreme Court.  

Steve served for many years as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney and then as Chief Counsel of the Appellate Division of the Franklin County Prosecutor’s Office.  Since 2009, he has served as the editor of the monthly Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association Case Digest and is now the Legal Research and Staff Counsel for the Association.

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Sentencing Under the Reagan Tokes Act

Faculty:
Steven L. Taylor
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1 Hour 14 Minutes
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Effective March 22, 2019, Am.Sub.S.B. No. 201, otherwise known as the Reagan Tokes Act (RTA), enacted major changes in relation to first-degree and second-degree felonies by providing for indefinite s...
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Top Seven Things to Know on Venue

Faculty:
Steven L. Taylor
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1 Hour 38 Minutes
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Audio and Video
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Beware the issue of venue.  Proving that the crime or an element thereof occurred in your jurisdiction is not an “element”, but it still must be established beyond a reasonable doubt and can result in...
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Criminal Rule 16(K) & Avoiding the Hammer of Boaston Exclusion

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Steven L. Taylor
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1 Hour 13 Minutes
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Audio and Video
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Adopted in 2010, Criminal Rule 16(K) mandates that the parties disclose their expert-witness reports at least 21 days before trial.  If the 21-day rule is violated, the remedy at trial is exclusion to...
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The Legal Do’s and Don'ts of Closing Arguments

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Steven L. Taylor
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1 Hour 3 Minutes
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The fundamentals of a good closing argument are mostly strategic and rhetorical, being designed to convince a properly-skeptical jury to come to the right conclusion on the facts.
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