State v. Hart

Citations

• 2018 Ohio 3272
• 118 N.E.3d 454

Syllabus

Preindictment delay due process faded memories deceased witnesses unavailable other acts evidence Evid.R. 404(B) unfair prejudice. Trial court properly denied defendant's motion dismiss for preindictment delay where defendant failed to establish actual prejudice caused by the delay. Trial court's decision to allow evidence of defendant's prior sex crime into evidence was an abuse of discretion that resulted in unfair prejudice in violation of Evid.R. 404(B).