State v. Creech

Citations

• 257 N.E.3d 459
• 2024 Ohio 5245

Syllabus

Conviction affirmed. Defendant forfeited arguments regarding the jurisdiction of the arresting officer and whether a purported confession should be barred under 404(B) because they were not raised at the trial level. Officer had reasonable suspicion to detain and probable cause to arrest where defendant was behaving uncontrollably in his mother's home and, upon being detained, quickly admitted to destroying his mother's television. Defendant's right to represent himself and right to a speedy trial were not violated due to, among other delays, defendant's period of incompetency. The defendant's Fifth Amendment rights were not violated because the offending testimony was immediately stricken and the jury was given an instruction to disregard it. The defendant's conviction for illegal assembly or possession of chemicals for the manufacture of drugs was supported by the manifest weight of the evidence because the defendant possessed various substances and items used to make methamphetamine and admitted to making methamphetamine.