Opinion

State v. Smith

  • 75 Ohio App. 3d 73
  • 598 N.E.2d 878
  • 1991 Ohio App. LEXIS 3465
Court
Ohio Court of Appeals
Filed
Jul 23, 1991
Status
Published
Author
Stephenson
On the bench
Grey, Stephenson, Harsha
Cited by
15 cases

determining that defense counsel's admissions regarding smoking, ownership, and possession of marijuana during opening statement and closing argument was sound trial strategy and not ineffective assistance of counsel

How later courts described this case

  • determining that defense counsel's admissions regarding smoking, ownership, and possession of marijuana during opening statement and closing argument was sound trial strategy and not ineffective assistance of counsel

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

Stephenson, Presiding Judge,

concurring.

I concur in the judgment and that portion of the opinion which addresses appellant’s third and fourth assignments of error.

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