State v. Colvin

It is contended by the appellee that the letter from the Secretary of the State Dental Board should have been held to be inadmissible on two grounds.

First, that the statutory exception to the hearsay rule contained in Section 2317.42, Revised Code (Official Reports as Evidence Act), is not applicable because the letter is not an official report and was not made by an officer of this state. That section provides:

“Official reports made by officers of this state, or certified copies of the same, on a matter within the scope of their duty as defined by statute, shall, in so far as relevant, be…