STATE v. ECONOMO

No. 95-53.

76 Ohio St.3d 56 (1996)

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

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 10, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Arthur P. Lambros and Thomas Paris, for appellee.


COOK, J.

I

R.C. 2907.06(B) states: "No person shall be convicted of a violation of this section [sexual imposition3] solely upon the victim's testimony unsupported by other evidence."

With this opinion we answer the question of what quality of evidence will satisfy the "other evidence" or corroboration requirement of R.C. 2907.06(B). As addressed later, corroboration requirements...

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