STATE v. JEFFRIES

No. 2018-0338.

156 N.E.3d 859 (2020)

160 Ohio St.3d 300

2020-Ohio-1539

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

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided April 22, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael C. O'Malley , Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and Mary M. Frey , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

Mark A. Stanton , Cuyahoga County Public Defender, and John T. Martin , Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.


{¶ 1} In this discretionary appeal we are asked to determine whether Ohio's rape-shield law prohibits the admission of evidence of an accuser's prior nonconsensual sexual activity. Appellant, Cedric Jeffries, asserts that the rape-shield law applies only to an accuser's prior consensual sexual activity and that he...

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