STATE v. GILLIAM

No. 93-531.

70 Ohio St.3d 17 (1994)

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

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided August 3, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory A. White, Lorain County Prosecuting Attorney, and Robert F. Corts, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

Joel D. Fritz, for appellant.

Gold, Rotatori, Schwartz & Gibbons Co., L.P.A., and John S. Pyle, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.


FRANCIS E. SWEENEY, SR., J.

The sole issue before this court is whether the admission of a co-defendant's taped statement after the co-defendant becomes unavailable violated appellant's Sixth Amendment right to confront adverse witnesses. For the following reasons, we find that admission of the statement did not violate the Confrontation Clause. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the court of appeals.

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