State v. Gray

Citations

• 206 N.E.3d 842
• 2023 Ohio 215

Syllabus

Hearsay testimony confrontation clause alibi testimony Batson challenge. The trial court did not err or violate the appellant's right to confrontation in the admission of testimony to explain the conduct of a police officer's investigation of a crime. The trial court did not err in excluding testimony that was deemed irrelevant to the case because it was not being used as alibi testimony. The trial court did not err in determining that the state's rationale for using a peremptory challenge on an African-American juror was race-neutral after the appellant's Batson challenge.