State v. Cook

Citations

• 2017 Ohio 7953

Syllabus

CRIMINAL LAW - EVIDENCE -trial court did not commit plain error in allowing Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner to testify regarding delayed disclosure of sexual abuse in adult rape case trial court did not commit plain error in not giving a lesser included offense jury instruction on two counts of kidnapping where appellant was not sentenced on those counts due to merger of these counts with another offense and was thus not convicted of them. INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL - appellant's trial counsel was not ineffective in not objecting to testimony of SANE nurse or to court's jury instructions on lesser included offenses.