State v. Economo

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R.C. 2907.06(B) states: “No person shall be convicted of a violation of this section [sexual imposition3] solely upon the victim’s testimony unsupported by other evidence.”

*58With this opinion we answer the question of what quality of evidence will satisfy the “other evidence” or corroboration requirement of R.C. 2907.06(B). As addressed later, corroboration requirements such as the one in R.C. 2907.06(B) are rare.4 We are aware of no other sections of the current Ohio criminal code mandating corroboration of a victim’s testimony as a prerequisite to conviction.5 For guidance, we look to this…