Legal Opinion

State v. Wright

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Fourth District, Lawrence County

Decided November 22, 2017No. 16CA24PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHarsha, J.

*497{¶ 1} After a jury convicted John F. Wright of three drug offenses, the trial court sentenced him to prison. Wright raises six assignments of error but we address only the fifth one because that review renders the remaining errors moot.

{¶ 2} Wright asserts because the pills introduced into evidence were not properly tested, the trial court committed reversible error in denying his motion to exclude them as evidence. We agree. The state's expert witness, a forensic scientist, testified that he did not test a sample size large enough to determine the content of the remaining pills with a…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Lockhart v. NelsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  2. State v. HancockOhio Supreme Court · 2006
  3. State v. MorrisOhio Supreme Court · 2012
  4. State v. GrubbOhio Supreme Court · 1986
  5. State v. LovejoyOhio Supreme Court · 1997

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