State v. Dugan

Citations

• 212 N.E.3d 1005
• 2023 Ohio 1157

Syllabus

The trial court did not err in overruling appellant's motion to suppress statements he made in the back of a police cruiser, because he did not unequivocally invoke of his right to remain silent and voluntarily answered questions posed to him. Appellant did not show ineffective assistance of trial counsel due to counsel's not requesting a mistrial when it became apparent before the jury was impaneled that five of the prospective jurors had read some information about the case. The trial court did not abuse its discretion in allowing the State's DNA expert to testify where the State identified the dates when it disclosed the expert's report to defendant's trial counsel and the record provided support for the State's dates. No plain error was shown in the trial court's decision to allow the testimony of appellant's girlfriend as to statements appellant made to her shortly after a murder. Judgment affirmed.