State v. Fusco

Citations

• 2026 Ohio 2404

Syllabus

Vehicular assault; failure to comply; motorcycle street takeover; Cleveland Police serious physical harm; guilty plea; consecutive sentences; failure-to-comply convictions; bond violations; Real Time Crime Camera video; body-camera footage; victim-impact statement; ineffective assistance of counsel; sentencing video context; Strickland standard; Anders brief. Trial counsel was not ineffective for failing to provide additional context for the video played at sentencing because the trial court was statutorily permitted to consider all relevant information, including video evidence at sentencing, the footage directly related to the elements of the offenses, and, in light of appellant's history of failure-to-comply convictions and his bond violations, there was no reasonable probability that any further explanation would have altered the consecutive sentencing structure mandated by R.C. 2921.331(D); accordingly, the sole potential assignment of error was overruled, and the judgment of the trial court was affirmed.