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42 Ohio St. 3d 136

State v. Bradley

Ohio Supreme Court

Decided May 10, 1989

Ohio Supreme Court · decided 1989-05-10

Cited together with Strickland v. Washington · State v. Thompkins · State v. Jenks

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Decided 1989-05-10

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Cited by 8,417 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2026 · most notably State v. Mills (1992), State v. Madrigal (2000)

13 federal appellate · 8,359 state decisions

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Wright, J.,

¶1dissenting. I heartily concur with Justice Brown’s dissent in its entirety. I must say that I have mixed emotions about this case since I happen to believe that a murder committed while one is incarcerated should lead to a speedy demise of the culprit in accordance with law. Both deterrence and retribution would be served by this course of action. A review of the two-hundred-eighty-five-page “investigative report” admitted into evidence as the result of the gross incompetence of counsel most certainly strengthens my personal feelings as aforesaid.

¶2However, I feel that my duty as a judge requires a course of decision-making which will protect the constitutional rights of every person, regardless of his or her station in life. This obligation does not stop even when confronted with a vicious individual such as Bradley.

¶3I suggest that no fair-minded person — be he layman or lawyer — could reasonably conclude that Bradley’s counsel properly represented their client at trial. Likewise, the “report,” which Justice Brown has dissected in detail, is just about the most prejudicial document I have ever encountered in my nineteen years as a judge, the analysis of the majority to the contrary notwithstanding.

¶4The plain truth of the matter is *150that appellant would have been far, far better off remaining silent without anyone “representing” him.

¶5I would invite the members of the United States Supreme Court to review this case.

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