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Ohio Supreme Court· 9/14/1988

State v. Williams

Citations

  • 38 Ohio St. 3d 346
  • 528 N.E.2d 910
  • 1988 Ohio LEXIS 300

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  • holding that the admission of a hearsay statement was harmless because the “contents of the statement were largely cumulative of the testimony of other witnesses at . . . trial”
  • holding harmless error in admitting defendant’s prior conviction, in light of remaining properly introduced evidence of defendant’s guilt
  • holding that a criminal defendant’s successful motion to waive a special venire -13- “was the action made by the accused which necessitated the period of delay, during which the state sought a writ of mandamus reversing the trial court’s decision granting that motion”
  • finding “[a] statement is not hearsay if it is admitted to prove that the declarant made it, rather than to prove the truth of its contents”
  • finding “[a] statement is not hearsay if it is admitted to prove that the declarant made it, rather than to prove the truth of its contents”
  • finding the admission of hearsay that was cumulative to other admitted 1 We note that Brown’s brief arguments relating to the Confrontation Clause are inapplicable because E.M. testified at trial. State v. Keenan, 81 Ohio St.3d 133, 142, 689 N.E.2d 929 (1998

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

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