Ohio Supreme Court· 10/18/1989

State v. Johnson

Citations

46 Ohio St. 3d 96
545 N.E.2d 636
1989 Ohio LEXIS 261

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noting that lying is a “circumstance tending to show consciousness of guilt.”
where \the alternatives presented to the jury and charged in the specifications were not conceptually distinct * * * a `patchwork' or less than unanimous verdict was not possible\
where “the alternatives presented to the jury and charged in the specifications were not conceptually distinct * * * a ‘patchwork’ or less than unanimous verdict was not possible”
“The Ohio Supreme Court has recognized that lying tends to show consciousness of guilt.”
overruled on other grounds by State v. Jenks, 61 Ohio St.3d 259, 282 (1991)
lying about presence at crime scene

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Judges: Brown, Douglas, Holmes, Moyer, Snick, Sweeney, Wright

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