State v. Davis

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 1676

Syllabus

The trial court did not err in refusing to merge felonious assault and improper discharge of a firearm on or near prohibited premises offenses, because the felonious assault required harm to a particular person and firing a handgun across the roadway and penetrating a nearby house placed numerous people at risk and harmed the public at large. Defense counsel was not ineffective for failing to assert a speedy trial violation or to object to the admission of certain evidence at sentencing; appellant's speedy trial time had not been exhausted, and the rules of evidence did not apply at the sentencing hearing. Judgment affirmed.