Cleveland v. Perkins

Citations

• 2019 Ohio 3281

Syllabus

Assault petty theft insufficient evidence manifest weight ineffective assistance of counsel. Judgment affirmed. The failure of trial counsel to move for a judgment of acquittal under Crim.R. 29 does not constitute ineffective assistance of counsel when the state's case-in-chief links the defendant to the crimes of which he is accused. Defendant's convictions are not against the manifest weight of the evidence when the trial court weighed the strength and credibility of the evidence presented and the inferences reasonably drawn therefrom, and found defendant guilty.