Legal Opinion

State v. Buell

Ohio Supreme Court

Decided February 19, 1986No. 85-712PublishedCited by 256 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDouglas, J.

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During the trial the prosecution introduced the testimony of three witnesses who claimed to have seen the appellant in the ballpark one week before the abduction, two witnesses who claimed to have seen the appellant in the park on the day Krista was kidnapped, and one who claimed to have seen the appellant leaving the site where the body was found.

The testimony of the ballpark witnesses was inconsistent and contradictory. The ballpark witnesses did not agree about whether one of them argued or merely conversed with a spectator, whether the spectator stood, sat or squatted, or whether one of…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Woodson v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  5. Caldwell v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1985

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3Cited by256 opinions

  1. State v. BradleyOhio Supreme Court · 1989
  2. State v. LottOhio Supreme Court · 1990
  3. State v. MillsOhio Supreme Court · 1992
  4. State v. CarterOhio Supreme Court · 1995
  5. State v. MadrigalOhio Supreme Court · 2000

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