State v. Jones

Citations

• 2022 Ohio 1936

Syllabus

Reagan Tokes confrontation clause testimonial hearsay excited utterance body camera. Defendant appealed his conviction and argues that the trial court erred by admitting video and audio recorded statements by the victim that constituted inadmissible testimonial hearsay. The court sustained this assignment of error finding that the video and audio recorded statements were given an hour after the assault, after the victim had left the area of the assault and the victim was in no further danger. Accordingly, those statements were given under circumstances that show they were testimonial statements under the Confrontation Clause and the admission of those statements was reversible error.