State v. Barker

{¶ 1} Today this court must decide whether a trial court complies with Crim.R. 11(C)(2)(c) when its explanation of the constitutional right of compulsory process of witnesses is described to the defendant by the phrase “right to call -witnesses to speak on your behalf.” Further, we must decide whether an alleged ambiguity during an oral plea colloquy may be clarified by reference to other portions of the record, including the written plea. Because we hold that the language employed by the trial court while addressing the defendant was a reasonable explanation of the defendant’s right to…