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Do County Prosecutors, Not Probation Officers, Represent the State in Community Control Violation Hearings?

State of Ohio v. Delta Rosario, Case No. 2014-1174

Eighth District Court of Appeals (Cuyahoga County)

ISSUES:

- Is a county prosecutor a party to a community control sanctions violation or revocation hearing and entitled to be heard at those hearings?

- Is requiring non-lawyer probation officers to be the state's representatives at these hearings a violation of the doctrine of separation of powers?
September 1, 2015