STATE v. HARTMAN

No. 2019-0184.

161 N.E.3d 651 (2020)

161 Ohio St.3d 214

2020-Ohio-4440

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

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided September 22, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael C. O'Malley , Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and Mary M. Frey , Daniel T. Van , and Maxwell Martin , Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, for appellant.

Patituce & Associates, L.L.C, Joseph C. Patituce , and Megan M. Patituce , Cleveland, for appellee.

Russell S. Bensing , Cleveland, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.


{¶ 1} Mitchell Hartman was accused of raping an adult female acquaintance in her hotel room after they had spent the evening out with a group of friends. He claimed that the hotel encounter was consensual. To counter his claim and support its version of events, the state presented "other acts" evidence that Hartman had...

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