State v. A.M.

Citations

• 2018 Ohio 4209

Syllabus

Rape, gross sexual imposition, kidnapping, motion for mistrial, motion to sever charges. Trial court did not err in denying appellant's motion for mistrial where a witness made an isolated reference to hearsay indicating that the appellant may have previously been in prison. Trial court did not err by failing to sever sexual assault charges involving three separate victims as the evidence at trial was simple and direct. Appellant's counsel provided ineffective assistance of counsel by failing to move for merger of various rape and kidnapping counts that constituted allied offenses of similar import.