Supreme Court Sides with State, Stays Retrial Order in Death-Penalty Case

Supreme Court Sides with State, Stays Retrial Order in Death-Penalty Case
The U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 1, 2021. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
Matthew Vadum
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The Supreme Court sided with Ohio in putting on hold an appeals court ruling from June that threw out a conviction and death sentence imposed on prisoner August Cassano, who complained that a trial court denied him his Sixth Amendment right to represent himself.

An execution date had not yet been scheduled.

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