State v. Dowell

Citations

• 2018 Ohio 4044

Syllabus

Defendant-appellant, following a bench trial, was convicted of two counts of sexual battery. The convictions were supported by sufficient evidence and they were not against the manifest weight of the evidence. Further, even assuming trial counsel was ineffective by failing to object to the introduction of a note relating to the victim's allegations, the note's introduction was not prejudicial. The convictions, additionally, were not violative of Defendant-appellant's fundamental liberty interest to parent his child. Finally, the consecutive sentence was not contrary to law because the record supports the conclusion that the trial court engaged in the appropriate consecutive service analysis. Judgment affirmed. (Donovan, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part.)