State v. Thomas

We are asked to determine whether the Court of Appeals was correct in its interpretetion and application of R. C. 2945.83, governing the setting aside of a judgment of conviction. For the reasons set forth below, we conclude that the comments made by the trial court raised the possibility that defendant may have *70been prejudiced thereby. Therefore, the Court of Appeals did not act improperly in reversing the judgment of conviction.

Appellee assigned as error two comments made by the trial court during cross-examination of the narcotics detectives, relative to the existence of a “deal” made…