Ohio Supreme Court· 8/30/1995

State v. Burke

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73 Ohio St. 3d 399

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holding that waiving closing argument can be \a tactical decision made by defense counsel to prevent the state from splitting closing argument and staging a strong rebuttal.\
recognizing that the waiver of closing argument to the jury does not ipso facto constitute ineffective assistance of counsel, and that the waiver might simply constitute a matter of trial strategy

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Judges: Cook, Douglas, Moyer, Pfeifer, Resnick, Sweeney, Wright

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