State v. Smith

Supreme Court of Ohio · Decided 2000-07-26

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Lundberg Stratton, J., dissenting. Because I believe that the defendant was denied his Sixth Amendment right to the effective assistance of counsel due to counsel’s failure to voir dire the jury on racial issues, I respectfully dissent. I agree with the majority’s proposition that “ ‘[t]he conduct of voir dire by defense counsel does not have to take a particular form, nor do specific questions have to be asked,…

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