Columbus v. C.G.

Citations

• 2021 Ohio 71

Syllabus

Trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting domestic violence/assault victim's out-of-court statements to sister under Evid.R. 803(2), the excited utterance exception to the hearsay rule. Trial court's admission of the statements did not violate his right to confrontation under either the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution or Ohio Constitution, Article I, Section 10. Trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendant's request for a continuance to procure victim's appearance at trial where victim ignored subpoena issued by city, defendant did not specify the proposed length of the continuance, defendant did not proffer summary of victim's anticipated testimony. Defendant's convictions for domestic violence and assault were not against the manifest weight of the evidence.