STATE v. DECKER

No. 86-379.

28 Ohio St. 3d 137 (1986)

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

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 26, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Shoop, prosecuting attorney, and Karen Lutz Kowall, for appellant.

Walter C. Boyuk and John W. Bosco, for appellee.

Randall M. Dana, public defender, and Robert L. Lane, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, Ohio Public Defender Commission.


Per Curiam.

The question presented is whether the trial court abused its discretion in excluding the opinion testimony of two of appellee's expert witnesses at the hearing on his petition for post-conviction relief. Initially, we are mindful that a reviewing court "will not reverse a ruling of a trial court on the qualification or competency of an expert witness to give his opinion upon a particular subject unless there is a clear showing that the trial court...

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