CANTRELL v. MAXWELL

No. 37705.

174 Ohio St. 51 (1962)

CANTRELL v. MAXWELL, WARDEN.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 5, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Earl Cantrell, in propria persona.

Mr. Mark McElroy, attorney general, and Mr. John J. Connors, Jr., for respondent.


Per Curiam.

Petitioner urges that he was denied a fair trial and thus due process of law on the grounds that the prosecuting attorney was allowed to introduce evidence of petitioner's bad character when petitioner had not opened the door for such evidence by introducing evidence of his good character; that the court erred in introducing his confession into evidence because such confession was involuntary, not on the ground that it was coerced but on the ground...

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