{¶ 1} We hold that the cumulative effect of the trial court's erroneous admission of evidence denied the appellant, Thomas P. Leach Jr., a fair trial. We also conclude, as part of that holding, that it is error for the state to use a defendant's invocation of his constitutional right to remain silent as substantive evidence of the defendant's guilt in its case-in-chief. This holding applies...
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