State v. Cameron

Citations

• 246 N.E.3d 1055
• 2024 Ohio 2427

Syllabus

DEADLY FORCE - SELF DEFENSE - JURY INSTRUCTION - EXPERT REPORT DISCLOSURE - CRIM.R. 16(K) - EVIDENCE - SUFFICIENCY - MANIFEST WEIGHT: Trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying self-defense instruction in murder trial where, even when viewed in the light most favorable to appellant, evidence presented at trial was legally insufficient to show appellant actually believed he was in imminent danger of death or serious bodily harm, much less support any finding that such belief would have been reasonable. Although the state violated Crim.R. 16(K) by untimely producing ballistics expert's report concerning bullets recovered from the victim's body to a firearm seized from the location where appellant was arrested, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in permitting the state to present evidence and testimony concerning that report where appellant admitted in his video-recorded police interview played in open court to brandishing a firearm and stealing a truck of another man after the shooting, appellant's aggravated robbery conviction following a bench trial was supported by suffcient evidence and was not against the manifest weight of the evidence.