State v. Poole

{¶ 2} By dismissing this appeal as having been improvidently accepted, the majority expresses its belief that this case presents no substantial constitutional question or question of public or great general interest. The majority is wrong.

{¶ 3} This ease presents the court with the opportunity to clarify its jurisprudence regarding the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination, particularly as the privilege relates to codefendant testimony.

{¶ 4} Poole and her boyfriend, Robert Coffman, were each charged with crimes arising out of the same traffic stop. Poole pleaded guilty to one…