State v. Addison

Citations

• 2020 Ohio 3500

Syllabus

The trial court properly denied defendant's request to represent himself where the request was not unequivocal. The trial court did not abuse its discretion in giving the jury a general jury unanimity instruction where the jury was not required to agree on the specific incidents it believed established the charges of the indictment. The trial court properly consolidated related cases where the evidence relating to each crime was simple and direct, and the state met the joinder test. The defendant's convictions were not against the manifest weight of the evidence and were supported by sufficient evidence where the victims' testimony, if believed, established the defendant engaged in illegal sexual contact and sexual conduct with the victims.