State v. Elliott

Citations

• 2019 Ohio 3594

Syllabus

COUNSEL: Where defendant asserted that trial counsel was ineffective in failing to request a jury instruction on the defense of accident, counsel's decision to pursue the defense of defense of another instead of the defense of accident could be considered part of a reasonable trial strategy in light of defendant's testimony, video evidence presented at trial and the trial court's instruction to the jury on \knowingly\ therefore, counsel's performance was not deficient.