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Posted: 12:26 a.m. Saturday, March 9, 2013
The Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A West Virginia judge has rejected requests that three juveniles be called to testify at the Ohio trial of two high school athletes charged with raping a 16-year-old girl.
The juveniles' testimony was expected to bolster the teens' defense against the charges. The victim of the alleged rape is from West Virginia.
Hancock County Judge Ronald Wilson ruled in an order obtained Friday by The Associated Press that no legal case was cited to support the argument he can compel the three West Virginia children to testify in Ohio.
Wilson says in Wednesday's four-page order that Ohio and West Virginia law is different for a juvenile delinquency hearing compared to a criminal trial.
The attorney representing one of the defendants says the ruling puts his client in a tough situation.
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