STATE v. SUMLIN

No. 92-1916.

69 Ohio St.3d 105 (1994)

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

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided April 27, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, Elaine Welsh, and George J. Sadd, Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, for appellant.

Gail Rose Kane, for appellee.


ALICE ROBIE RESNICK, J.

The issue presented is whether the trial court committed reversible error by declining to admit the notes into evidence, either pursuant to the statement against interest exception to the hearsay rule, or pursuant to general principles of due process. For the reasons which follow, we find that the trial court did not commit reversible error. We reverse the judgment of the court of appeals.

The trial court correctly determined that the...

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