State v. Zimmerman

Citations

• 2019 Ohio 721

Syllabus

Where the evidence against the defendant was conflicting, and where jury foreperson admitted she viewed excluded prejudicial evidence and relayed what she saw to the other jurors at the outset of deliberations, and where officer witnesses offered hearsay testimony and improperly vouched for the credibility of the victim, defendant was deprived of a fair trial and the trial court abused its discretion when it denied defendant's motion for new trial.