State v. Blankenship

Citations

• 2023 Ohio 4442

Syllabus

The trial court did not err in failing to dismiss for cause a juror who previously had been appellant's landlord. Appellant's convictions for engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, aggravated trafficking in methamphetamine, and trafficking in a fentanyl-related compound were supported by legally sufficient evidence and were not against the weight of the evidence. The trial court did not err in admitting a jail phone-call recording that the prosecutor did not disclose until the morning of trial. Although the trial court's judgment entry correctly calculated and stated appellant's aggregate minimum prison term and his maximum prison term under the Reagan Tokes Law, it erroneously recited a separate maximum term for each Reagan Tokes qualifying offense. Judgment affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded for the sole purpose of correcting references to a separate maximum prison term for each Reagan Tokes qualifying offense.