Cleveland v. King

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 3067

Syllabus

Jury instructions; essential element; sufficiency; manifest weight; ineffective assistance of counsel; plain error. Defendant's convictions for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest are affirmed. Although the trial court failed to instruct the jury on an essential element of disorderly conduct, the defendant did not object to the jury instructions and the error did not affect the outcome of the trial. Because any error in the trial court's jury instructions regarding disorderly conduct did not affect the outcome of trial, defendant's argument that her counsel was ineffective is without merit. The trial court did not err when instructing the jury on resisting arrest. And defendant's convictions were supported by sufficient evidence and were not against the manifest weight of the evidence.