STATE v. KEAIRNS

No. 82-1808.

9 Ohio St. 3d 228 (1984)

THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT, v. KEAIRNS, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided February 29, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Lynn Alan Grimshaw, prosecuting attorney, and Mr. R. Randolph Rumble, Jr., for appellant.

Messrs. Kimble, Stevens, Young, Clark, Spears & Rodeheffer, Mr. Stephen C. Rodeheffer and Mr. Roger L. Clark, for appellee.


J. P. CELEBREZZE, J.

The Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment and the hearsay rule both restrict the use of statements of a person not present at trial. The hearsay rule, however, is subject to a sea of exceptions. This court is again confronted with the task of mapping these relatively uncharted waters and determining what boundaries the Confrontation Clause imposes upon these exceptions.

Huff's testimony was admitted under Evid. R. 804(B)(1), which...

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