State v. Carpenter

Citations

• 2026 Ohio 116

Syllabus

Sufficiency of the evidence; manifest weight of the evidence; strangulation; domestic violence; endangering children; discovery; Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963); Crim.R. 16. Judgment affirmed in part and reversed in part. Defendant-appellant's convictions for strangulation and domestic violence are supported by sufficient evidence and are not against the manifest weight of the evidence. However, there is insufficient evidence to support his endangering-children conviction; we cannot say that a substantial risk to the child's health or safety was created based on the child's witnessing of the incident alone. Moreover, we find that the State's allegedly delayed disclosure of a cassette-tape recording did not violate Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), or Crim.R. 16.