In re L.S.

Citations

• 2023 Ohio 4122

Syllabus

Delinquent R.C. 2907.02(A)(2) rape R.C. 2905.01(A)(4) kidnapping sufficiency and manifest weight of the evidence merger ineffective assistance of counsel. - The juvenile court did not err in finding appellant delinquent. The finding was based on sufficient evidence and was not against the manifest weight. Counsel was not ineffective for failing to object to merger of the kidnapping and rape counts where the juvenile court's statement that the kidnapping count was \referred\ to the rape count served to effect a merger of the counts and the juvenile court clarified the merger in a corrected journal entry.