04/04/2024

Case Caption Case No. Topics and Issues Author Citation
04/04/2024 Case Announcements  Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Miscellaneous dismissals.  
State v. Carter 2023-0156Criminal law?Sixth Amendment?Right to face-to-face confrontation?Harmless error?Trial court erred in allowing witness to testify by video at trial without making sufficient case-specific findings of necessity, in violation of defendant’s right to face-to-face confrontation under Confrontation Clause of Sixth Amendment to United States Constitution?In light of other evidence presented against defendant at trial, confrontation error was harmless?Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed.DeWine, J.Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-1247