State v. Dickson

Citations

• 2023 Ohio 228

Syllabus

Enforce subpoena stipulate at trial ineffective assistance of counsel stipulated testimony trial strategy and failure to call a witness. The trial court did not err when it accepted a report stipulated to by both parties rather than requiring the drafter of the report to present live testimony. The appellant was not subject to ineffective assistance of counsel when defense counsel introduced a stipulated report rather than live witness testimony. Further, defense counsel's failure to call two witnesses at trial was not ineffective assistance of counsel. Defense counsel's decision not to call the two witnesses amounted to trial strategy, and the record shows the witness testimony would not have reasonably resulted in a different outcome at trial.