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Ohio Supreme Court· 5/15/1985

State v. Smith

Citations

  • 17 Ohio St. 3d 98
  • 477 N.E.2d 1128
  • 17 Ohio B. 219
  • 1985 Ohio LEXIS 322

How courts have described this case

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  • finding that counsel's noncompliance with the notice of alibi requirement in Crim.R. 12.1 “was an intended, self-serving trial tactic”
  • noting that res judicata may not bar post-conviction relief where a court rejected defendant’s direct appeal based on the trial record alone
  • noting that res judicata may not bar post-conviction relief where a court rejected defendant’s direct appeal based on the trial record alone
  • noting that “res judicata may not be a bar to postconviction relief” where issue “could not fairly have been determined without resort to evidence dehors the record”
  • alibi evidence withheld “as a planned trial tactic”

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Judges: Brown, Celebrezze, Douglas, Holmes, Locher, Only, Sweeney, Wright

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