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· 7/13/2020

State v. Fritts

Citations

  • 2020 Ohio 3692

Syllabus

Appellant's conviction for misdemeanor domestic violence was not against the manifest weight of the evidence where the state proved beyond a reasonable doubt that appellant was the initial aggressor in an altercation with his wife and that he knowingly caused his wife physical harm by shoving her to the ground, sitting on her, and choking her.

How courts have described this case

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  • noting the admission of expert testimony that fibers found underneath defendant’s car were similar to those taken from victim’s blouse
  • state's evidence deemed sufficient to establish that defendant was the driver of a car which caused the death of the deceased; defendant's statement to police did not raise a reasonable hypothesis of innocence, given all the evidence in the case; manslaughter conviction upheld

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Judges: Hendrickson

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