State v. Rodano

Citations

• 2017 Ohio 8221

Syllabus

App.R. 26(B) application to reopen ineffective assistance of trial counsel ineffective assistance of appellate counsel the Confrontation Clause Grand Jury arson investigating agent and expert reports. The agent who investigated a fire changed her opinion from incendiary to undetermined after the grand jury had indicted the defendant for arson. The grand jury proceedings were not unfair to the defendant because the trial jury heard the agent's full testimony. Appellate counsel argued this issue, but was not ineffective for not framing the issue in terms of ineffective assistance of trial counsel. A tangential reference to the fire marshall did not implicate the Confrontation Clause regarding the fire marshall.