STATE v. SILER

No. 2006-0185.

116 Ohio St.3d 39 (2007)

2007-Ohio-5637

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

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided October 25, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ramona Francesconi Rogers, Ashland County Prosecuting Attorney, and Joyce Anderson, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellant.

David H. Bodiker, Ohio Public Defender, and Jill E. Stone and Craig M. Jaquith, Assistant Public Defenders, for appellee.

Alice Anna Phillips, urging reversal for amicus curiae, American Prosecutors Research Institute.


O'DONNELL, J.

{¶ 1} The state of Ohio appeals from a decision of the Ashland County Court of Appeals that reversed Brian Siler's convictions for aggravated murder and five other offenses and held that the admission of hearsay statements of his three-year-old son at his trial denied him his Sixth Amendment right to confront witnesses against him because his child did not testify at trial and because he had no prior opportunity to cross...

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