STATE v. JOHNSTON

Nos. 86-1547 and 86-1548.

39 Ohio St. 3d 48 (1988)

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

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided October 5, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher E. Veidt, prosecuting attorney, and Charles A. Gerken, for appellant.

Thomas M. Tyack & Associates Co., L.P.A., Thomas M. Tyack, Robert W. Suhr & Associates and Robert W. Suhr, for appellee.

Randall M. Dana, public defender, and Michael W. Gleespen, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Public Defender Commission.


LOCHER, J.

Having exhaustively examined the record and the issues raised by appellant in the cases before us, it is the decision of this court that the judgments of the court of appeals should, to the extent described herein, be affirmed in part, modified in part, and reversed in part. In the following analysis, we address each case in turn.

No. 86-1547

I

In its first proposition of law, the state contends that the testimony of one of its...

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