State v. Speer

Singer, Judge.

{¶ 1} This appeal comes to us from a decision issued by the Ottawa County Court of Common Pleas following a jury verdict finding appellant guilty of aggravated vehicular homicide and involuntary manslaughter. Because we conclude that the trial court abused its discretion in denying appellant’s challenge for cause as it related to a hearing-impaired juror, we reverse.

{¶ 2} In two separate indictments based upon the same facts, appellant, Scott A. Speer, was indicted by the Ottawa County Grand Jury on four counts: one count of aggravated vehicular homicide, in violation of R.C.…