Title: State v. McGlaughlin

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

Document:

THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT, v. MCGLAUGHLIN, APPELLEE. 
[Cite as State v. McGlaughlin (1995), ___ Ohio St.3d ___.] 
Witnesses — Criminal law — Trial court may exclude person from appearing as a 
witness on behalf of a criminal defendant at trial if court determines that 
witness will not offer any testimony, but merely intends to assert the Fifth 
Amendment privilege against self-incrimination. 
 
(No. 94-961 — Submitted October 11, 1995 — Decided November 22, 
1995.) 
 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No. 93AP-1109. 
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Michael Miller, Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney, and Katherine 
Press, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellant. 
 
Dye & Fleck, Lewis William Dye and William J. Fleck, Jr., for appellee. 
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The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed, and the judgment of the 
trial court is reinstated on the authority of State v. Kirk (1995), 72 Ohio St.3d 564, 
651 N.E.2d 981. 
 
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MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, WRIGHT, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER and 
COOK, JJ., concur.