Ohio v. Roberts

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Ohio v. Roberts, 448 U.S. 56 (1980), is a United States Supreme Court decision. Herschel Roberts was charged with forgery of a check and with possession of stolen credit cards. At the preliminary hearing, defense counsel called the victims' daughter to the stand and tried to elicit from her an admission that she provided defendant with the checks and the credit card but failed to inform the defendant that she did not have permission to use them. Counsel was unable to elicit this admission nor did the prosecutor cross-examine the witness.