Brown Law Office Criminal Defense News

The Ninth District Court of appeals recently held that the State need not present a witness who positively identifies a defendant in court so long as there is sufficient direct or circumstantial evidence to identify the defendant as the perpetrator of the offense.  In State v. Jackson, 2017-Ohio-635, a case involving dog fighting, the Court held that a detective’s testimony that the defendant was the individual that he saw in a booking photo was sufficient to place the defendant at the scene of the crime.  This decision provides important guidance for criminal attorneys regarding what constitutes sufficient identification at trial.  A link to the decision can be found here.

https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/9/2017/2017-Ohio-635.pdf

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