State v. Beasley

Citations

• 2023 Ohio 670

Syllabus

CRIMINAL - Murder R.C. 2903.02(B) Endangering Children R.C. 2912.22(B)(1) Motion in limine Evid.R. 401 Evid.R. 402 Evid.R. 702 Evid.R. 704 admission of expert testimony as to abusive trauma, nonaccidental trauma, and child abuse was not an abuse of discretion where the experts testified to a likely medical diagnosis where no expert opined on the appellant's culpable mental state or opine that appellant was the perpetrator of said abuse admission of coroner testimony as to the manner and cause of death was not an abuse of discretion where the probative value of the manner and cause of death was not substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice to the jury no Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause violation under Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36, 124 S.Ct. 1354, 158 L.Ed.2d 177 (2004) existed as the author of an autopsy report testified during trial and autopsy reports are generally nontestimonial business records conviction supported by sufficient evidence and not against manifest weight of the evidence where appellant admitted to being too rough with infant child and medical professionals concluded that the injuries were nonaccidental no cumulative error where no underlying error found.