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· 3/18/2022

State v. Chears

Citations

  • 2022 Ohio 861

Syllabus

Convictions for petty theft and aggravated robbery with two firearms specifications are supported by sufficient evidence and not against the manifest weight of the evidence. No trial court error for sentencing enhancement on one of the two firearms specifications. Judgment affirmed.

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  • declarants’ spontaneous utterances recanted at trial were sufficient, without other corroboration, to support conviction
  • based on amended definition of hospital records in G. L. c. Ill, § 70, if declarants “had been taken to a hospital . . . , their statements, as recorded in the EMT’s trip log, would now likely be admissible as hospital records under G. L. c. 233, § 79”

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Judges: Osowik

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