State v. McDermott

Abood, Judge.

This is an appeal and a cross-appeal from an order of the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas that permitted attorney John Lawrence to assert the attorney-client privilege and refuse to answer questions about conversations between himself and his former client, defendant-appellee and cross-appellant, Jeffrey McDermott.

Appellant, state of Ohio, sets forth one assignment of error:

“The trial court abused its discretion in finding that the state had not established a waiver of the attorney-client privilege by the defendant.”

McDermott sets forth one assignment of error in support of…