Neo-Nazi in murder trial gets makeover for trial
Criminal Law
A Florida judge has ruled that the state must pay for a costmetologist to cover up neo-Nazi tattoos on a man on trial in a murder case.
Judge Michael Andrews, acting on a request by the man's lawyer, ruled that the tattoos are potentially offensive and could influence a jury's opinion. He ruled that the state must pay a cosmetologist up to $150 a day during John Allen Ditullio's trial on murder and attempted murder charges and apply makeup to cover up the black ink.
The 23-year-old faces the death penalty if convicted of donning a gas mask, breaking into a neighbor's home and stabbing two people, killing one of them.
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Grounds for Divorce in Ohio - Sylkatis Law, LLC
A divorce in Ohio is filed when there is typically “fault” by one of the parties and party not at “fault” seeks to end the marriage. A court in Ohio may grant a divorce for the following reasons:
• Willful absence of the adverse party for one year
• Adultery
• Extreme cruelty
• Fraudulent contract
• Any gross neglect of duty
• Habitual drunkenness
• Imprisonment in a correctional institution at the time of filing the complaint
• Procurement of a divorce outside this state by the other party
Additionally, there are two “no-fault” basis for which a court may grant a divorce:
• When the parties have, without interruption for one year, lived separate and apart without cohabitation
• Incompatibility, unless denied by either party
However, whether or not the the court grants the divorce for “fault” or not, in Ohio the party not at “fault” will not get a bigger slice of the marital property.