State v. Cobb

Citations

• 235 N.E.3d 1055
• 2024 Ohio 458

Syllabus

Trafficking possession R.C. 2925.03(A)(2) R.C. 2925.11(A) drugs manifest weight chain of custody reliable sufficiency complicity jury instruction allied offenses R.C. 2941.25. Appellant's convictions for trafficking and drug possession were supported by sufficient evidence and were not against the manifest weight of the evidence. The testimony effectively established a proper chain of custody and the reliability of the testing process and results. Circumstantial evidence established appellant not only possessed the drugs but trafficked them and was complicit with his codefendant. The trial court did not err in providing a jury instruction on complicity. The trial court committed plain error in failing to merge appellant's convictions for trafficking and drug possession as to the same drug as allied offenses of similar import pursuant to R.C. 2941.25.