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Marianna Brown Bettman
Marianna Brown Bettman is a law professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Law, where she teaches torts, legal ethics, and a seminar on the Supreme Court of Ohio. She is also a former Ohio state court of appeals judge. Each September since 2003, she has given a presentation at the Ohio Judicial Conference analyzing the year’s most important cases from the Supreme Court of Ohio. She also provides appellate consulting services to attorneys.
Tag Archives: battered-woman syndrome
Guest Post on Battered-Woman Syndrome
On June 14 I posted my column on the Ohio Supreme Court decision in State v. Goff, in which the Court was faced with the … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Posts, Ohio Supreme Court Watch
Tagged battered-woman syndrome
Tagged battered-woman syndrome
Battered-Woman Syndrome
State v. Goff, 128 Ohio St.3d 169, 2010-Ohio-6317.
In 1990, in a murder case in which a woman shot her husband while he slept, the Ohio Supreme Court first recognized the battered-woman syndrome as a defense in a criminal … Continue reading →
Tagged battered-woman syndrome, expert testimony, Fifth Amendment