State v. Alexander

Citations

• 2017 Ohio 1445

Syllabus

Crim.R. 29, motion for acquittal R.C. 2945.59, Evid.R. 404(b), evidence of motive, intent, prior acts R.C. 2929.14, HB 86, consecutive sentences R.C. 2929.18, R.C. 2929.19(B)(5), R.C. 2947.14, imposition of court costs, indigency, community work service, manifest weight, sufficiency of evidence. The evidence was not insufficient, and the jury's verdict was not against the manifest weight of the evidence, to find appellant guilty of aggravated murder, attempted murder, and related charges where the indictments included complicity charges where the evidence included testimony by the brother who had known the defendants for several years and the codefendant possessed a key to the apartment. Appellant failed to demonstrate prejudice by the trial court's admission of testimony by homicide detectives that victim's statements were consistent, or by gang unit officer's testimony providing general information about gangs in the Cleveland area, particularly where the defense injected the possibility of gang war activity. Trial court properly ordered payment of court costs by community work service.