STATE v. FREEMAN

No. C-990213.

138 Ohio App.3d 408 (2000)

The STATE of Ohio, Appellee, v. FREEMAN, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, First District, Hamilton County.

Decided June 9, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael K Allen, Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney, and Phillip R. Cummings, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

Stephen J. Wenke, for appellant.


PAINTER, Judge.

In a case turning primarily on the credibility of a police informant, we are constrained to reverse. The evidence was not sufficiently overwhelming to overcome prosecutorial error. While we understand that much of the error arose in the "heat of battle" in the courtroom, and that the assistant prosecutor probably did not set out to make improper comments, we must consider the comments' effect, not the...

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