Legal Opinion
State v. Swann
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided October 1, 2008No. 2007-1046PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Donnell, J.
{¶ 1} The state appeals from a decision of the Franklin County Court of Appeals that reversed Christopher Swann’s felonious-assault conviction because the trial court had excluded the testimony of four witnesses who were prepared to testify at trial that another person, Delmar Carlisle, claimed to have committed the offense.
{¶ 2} The issue in this case is whether Evid.R. 804(B)(3), which requires a trial court to exclude an unavailable declarant’s statement against penal interest “unless corroborating circumstances clearly indicate the trustworthiness of the statement,” deprives a defendant…
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