State v. Cass

Citations

• 2024 Ohio 2614

Syllabus

R.C. 2941.25 Allied Offenses Merger R.C. 2929.19(B)(2) Sentencing R.C. 2921.12 Tampering with Evidence Corpus Delecti Rule Duplicity. Defendant-appellant did not establish plain-error relief was warranted regarding the trial court not merging offenses for which he was convicted. The trial court did not err in its sentencing notifications. The evidence to sustain Defendant-appellant's conviction for tampering with evidence was legally sufficient. The trial court did not abuse its discretion in allowing the prosecution to present certain admissions, which defendant-appellant had made to the police, at the time those admissions were presented at trial. Defendant-appellant did not establish plain-error relief was warranted regarding alleged duplicity of a count in the indictment.