State v. Erker

Citations

• 2019 Ohio 3185

Syllabus

Sufficiency, manifest weight, prosecutorial misconduct, other-acts evidence, curative instruction, misleading jury instructions. Defendant's convictions for burglary, telecommunications harassment, and menacing by stalking were supported by sufficient evidence and were not against the manifest weight of the evidence. The prosecutor did not engage in misconduct during closing argument. The trial court did not err by allowing the state to present text messages that defendant sent to the victim. Further, testimony concerning defendant's ankle bracelet was not prejudicial, was unsolicited by the state, and the trial court gave a curative instruction. Finally, the trial court did not mislead the jury in its jury instructions.