State v. Carmichael

Citations

• 2026 Ohio 1473

Syllabus

The trial court did not err by refusing to instruct appellant's jury on reasonable parental discipline as an affirmative defense to strangulation and child endangering. The trial court properly overruled appellant's motion to exclude prior-bad-acts evidence. Appellant's strangulation and child-endangering convictions are supported by legally sufficient evidence and are not against the manifest weight of the evidence. The record does not support appellant's claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel. Judgment affirmed.