Ohio Supreme Court· 6/11/1997

State v. Williams

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79 Ohio St. 3d 1
679 N.E.2d 646

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\Ohio law is clear that evidence of flight from the scene of a crime may be considered as some evidence of guilt\
“It is improper for an attorney to express his or her personal belief or opinion as to the credibility of a witness or as to the guilt of the accused.”
“Even a cursory review of the record demonstrates that the trial judge repeatedly warned Boynton throughout the proceedings, both before and during trial, that he would be removed from the courtroom if he continued his disruptive behavior.”
“[I]t is universally recognized that an accused’s flight, escape from custody, resistance to arrest, concealment, assumption of a false name, and the like are admissible as evidence of consciousness of guilt, and thus of guilt itself.”
“It is today universally conceded that the fact of an accused’s flight, escape from custody, resistance to arrest, concealment, assumption of a false name, and related conduct, are admissible as evidence of consciousness of guilt, and thus of guilt itself.”
applying the plain error standard to a prosecutorial misconduct claim

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Judges: Cook, Douglas, Moyer, Only, Pfeifer, Resnick, Stratton, Sweeney

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