Ohio Supreme Court· 6/24/1981

State v. Ballard

Citations

66 Ohio St. 2d 473
423 N.E.2d 115
23 A.L.R. 4th 241
20 Ohio Op. 3d 397
1981 Ohio LEXIS 534

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holding the record must only show right to jury trial explained in intelligible manner during plea colloquy
conveying that it is the court’s statements and the defendant’s answers that lead to the conclusion that the defendant either was, or was not, adequately informed of his rights
although it is “best” to stop and inquire after each constitutional right, “the failure to so proceed will not necessarily invalidate a plea”
“Rather, the focus, upon review, is whether the record shows that the trial court explained or referred to the right in a manner reasonably intelligible to that defendant.”
“Rather, the focus, upon review, is whether the record shows that the trial court explained or referred to the right in a manner reasonably intelligible to that defendant.”

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Judges: Brown, Celebrezze, Holmes, Locher, Sweeney

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