State v. Adkins

Citations

• 2020 Ohio 535

Syllabus

Appellant was convicted of engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity and trafficking in cocaine. Appellant's trial counsel did not provide ineffective assistance when he did not move to suppress evidence from a traffic stop in violation of R.C. 2935.03. The traffic stop did not violate appellant's constitutional rights and a mere statutory violation does not warrant evidence exclusion therefore, the suppression motion would not have been successful. Further, it was not ineffective assistance for appellant's trial counsel to forego a pretrial motion to dismiss based on laboratory reports not compliant with state law because it was part of counsel's trial strategy to obtain an acquittal. Finally, Appellant's convictions were supported by sufficient evidence and were not against the manifest weight of the evidence.