Ohio Supreme Court, 1995

Williams v. O'Brien

Ohio Supreme Court · Decided June 7, 1995 · Cook, Douglas, Moyer, Pfeifer, Resnick, Sweeney, Wright

72 Ohio St. 3d 288; 649 N.E.2d 831

Opinion of the Court

The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed on the authority of Stinson v. England (1994), 69 Ohio St.3d 451, 633 N.E.2d 532.

Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Wright, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney and Cook, JJ., concur. Pfeifer, J., dissents.

Dissenting Opinion

Pfeifer, J.,

dissenting. We should add the learned treatise exception to the hearsay rule in Ohio Evid.R. 803, so that it mirrors its federal counterpart, Fed.Evid.R. 803(18). I, accordingly, dissent.

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