Dublin v. Starr

Citations

• 2022 Ohio 2298

Syllabus

Appellant's conviction of assault upon his 16-year-old daughter was not against the manifest weight of the evidence in light of appellant's claim of self-defense and reasonable parental discipline where the trial court, as trier of fact, disbelieved appellant's testimony that his daughter initiated the physical contact by punching him in the face, and disbelieved his claim that he grabbed her by the hair and threw her to the ground only to prevent her from continuing to strike him. The trial court complied with Crim.R. 43(A)(2) and did not violate appellant's right to be present at a critical stage in the proceedings when it conducted an arraignment on misdemeanor charges and heard testimony relevant to a civil protection order via video teleconference, as appellant was represented by counsel and there was no indication in the record that appellant or his counsel objected to the proceedings. Trial court did not err when it joined misdemeanor charges involving separate victims in two separate cases because the charged offenses were of the same or similar character and the evidence relevant to each of the offenses was simple and distinct. Judgment affirmed.