“Do you think if she (A.B.) had not been named a representative of the state and merely introduced as the victim it was permissible to sit at the counsel table?”

Chief Justice O’Connor, to counsel for Montgomery

“Who gets to decide if the victim can sit at the table? “

Justice Stewart, to the assistant

Read an analysis of the oral argument here.

On January 27, 2021, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in State of Ohio v. Theodis Montgomery, 2020-0312. At issue in this case is whether allowing the alleged victim to sit with the prosecutor at counsel table throughout the trial in front