Legal Opinion
State v. Roe
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided June 23, 1971No. 70-427PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCorrigan, J.
The first of two issues raised by appellants is of transcendent importance. That issue is whether a police officer can be compelled to disclose the identity of an informer in a grand jury proceeding where the inquiry is not directed to the determination of the possible guilt of a specified person, but is a general quest as to who might have committed a crime.
On the one side of the problem before us is the scope of the investigative power of the grand jury under R. C. 2939.08 to inquire of and present all offenses committed within the county. The historic traditions of the grand jury, and its…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Roviaro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- McCray v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Hale v. HenkelSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- United States v. BryanSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Blair v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
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3Cited by13 opinions
- State v. PhillipsOhio Supreme Court · 1971
- State v. WilliamsOhio Supreme Court · 1983
- State v. BrownOhio Supreme Court · 1992
- State v. ParsonsOhio Court of Appeals · 1989
- Ex parte McClellandMissouri Court of Appeals · 1975
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