In re A.R.

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 1160

Syllabus

RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY — POSSESSION — KNOWLEDGE — CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE — INFERENCES — SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE — MANIFEST WEIGHT: The juvenile's delinquency adjudication for receiving stolen property was supported by sufficient evidence, and not contrary to the weight of the evidence, where the State's circumstantial evidence proved that the juvenile used the stolen car for transportation and aided and abetted the driver, including evidence that the juvenile fled alongside two other young men from both the crashed stolen vehicle on the side of an expressway and from bystanders offering assistance. The juvenile's delinquency adjudication for receiving stolen property was supported by sufficient evidence, and not contrary to the weight of the evidence, where the State's circumstantial evidence proved that the juvenile knew the car was stolen, including evidence that the stolen car's steering column and rear window had been damaged, the lack of a key in the stolen car, and the juvenile's flight from both the crashed stolen vehicle on the side of an expressway and from bystanders offering assistance.