STATE v. ANDERSON

No. 2012-1834.

138 Ohio St.3d 264 (2014)

2014-Ohio-542

THE STATE OF OHIO, Appellant, v. ANDERSON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided February 19, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul J. Gains , Mahoning County Prosecuting Attorney, and Ralph M. Rivera , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellant.

John B. Juhasz , for appellee.

Timothy Young , Ohio Public Defender, and Stephen P. Hardwick , Assistant Public Defender, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, Office of the Ohio Public Defender.


O'CONNOR, C.J.

{¶ 1} In early June 2003, Amber Zurcher was found dead in her home by her mother. Two months later, appellee, Christopher Anderson, was arrested and charged with Zurcher's murder.

{¶ 2} Anderson has now been subjected to five trials in seven years. He has been incarcerated for more than a decade, but he has never been lawfully convicted.

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