State v. Reiner

In State v. Reiner (2000), 89 Ohio St.3d 342, 731 N.E.2d 662 (“Reiner /”), a majority of this court reversed Reiner’s conviction based on a belief that the trial court should not have granted transactional immunity to Susan Batt in order to compel her testimony. Id. at 352-356, 731 N.E.2d at 673-676. Because Batt had consistently denied culpability for Alex Reiner’s death, the Reiner I majority held that Batt lacked a valid Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination and was therefore not entitled to immunity under R.C. 2945.44. Id. at 354, 731 N.E.2d at 674. The United States…