State v. Copeland

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 2204

Syllabus

Appellant failed to prove ineffective assistance of counsel based on his claims that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to move to sever the counts of the indictment and for failing to object to expert testimony purportedly vouching for the witness's veracity because he did not establish a reasonable probability of a different outcome in the bench trial. Appellant also failed to demonstrate his rights under the confrontation clause were violated by the introduction of a forensic video interview of a witness who had already testified.