State v. Dixon

Citations

• 2019 Ohio 231

Syllabus

The appellant's trial counsel did not render ineffective assistance by failing to provide advance notice of intent to use other-acts evidence under Evid.R. 404(B). The trial court properly excluded the evidence on relevance grounds. Therefore, the failure to provide advance notice did not prejudice the appellant. The trial court did not err in overruling a suppression motion that challenged the reliability of information contained in a search warrant affidavit. The information came from an identified citizen witness who provided her basis of knowledge and whose reliability could be presumed under the circumstances. The appellant's convictions for murder and related offenses were not against the manifest weight of the evidence. Judgment affirmed.