STATE v. ROGERS

No. 84-784.

32 Ohio St. 3d 70 (1987)

THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. ROGERS, A.K.A. HUDSON, APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided August 12, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony G. Pizza, prosecuting attorney, James D. Bates and James E. Yavorcik, for appellee.

John J. Callahan, Ralph DeNune III and Douglas A. Wilkins, for appellant.

Randall M. Dana, David C. Stebbins and Randall L. Porter, for amicus curiae, Ohio Public Defender Commission.


Per Curiam.

On January 14, 1986, the United States Supreme Court decided the case of Wainwright v. Greenfield (1986), 474 U.S. ___, 88 L. Ed. 2d 623. Respondent in that case had, at the trial level, entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. During the closing argument, the prosecutor argued, in pertinent part:

"[A]nd the officer reads him his Miranda rights. Does he say he doesn't understand them? Does he say `what's going...

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