STATE v. CRAGER

Nos. 2006-0294 and 2006-0298.

116 Ohio St.3d 369 (2007)

2007-Ohio-6840

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

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 27, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Slagle, Marion County Prosecuting Attorney, for appellant.

Collins & Lowther, L.P.A., and Kevin P. Collins, for appellee.

Marc Dann, Attorney General, Elise Porter, Acting State Solicitor, and Stephen P. Carney, Deputy Solicitor, urging reversal for amicus curiae Attorney General of Ohio.

William F. Schenck and Elizabeth A. Ellis, urging reversal for amicus curiae Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association.

Eric J. Allen, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.


O'CONNOR, J.

{¶ 1} This appeal requires us to examine issues concerning the extent that the admission into evidence of records of scientific tests (such as DNA reports) in a criminal trial implicates the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Our precedent in State v. Craig, 110 Ohio St.3d 306, 2006-Ohio-4571, 853 N.E.2d 621, strongly supports...

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