CLEVELAND -- An Ohio appeals court has upheld a judge's ruling that says parts of a psychiatrist's evaluation can be used during the sentencing phase of a trial for a man charged with killing three women.
The 8th District Court of Appeals in Cleveland issued its decision Thursday in the aggravated murder case of 38-year-old Michael Madison. The women's bodies were found in garbage bags in East Cleveland in July 2013. Madison could receive the death penalty if convicted.
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Defense attorneys appealed the trial judge's decision allowing Madison to be interviewed by a psychiatrist hired by prosecutors. The judge said limited information gleaned from interviews could be used during the trial's sentencing phase but not the guilt phase.
A Madison attorney says the decision will be appealed to the Ohio Supreme Court.
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