State v. Galindez

Citations

• 2026 Ohio 832

Syllabus

Rape of a child under the age of ten; joinder; Crim.R. 8(A); Crim.R. 14; ineffective assistance of counsel; \joinder test\; forensic interview; Evid.R. 803(4); manifest weight of the evidence. Affirmed. The failure to file a motion to sever the separate offenses committed against separate victims was not ineffective assistance of counsel because the motion would not have been successful in light of simple and direct evidence the jury was capable of segregating; the defendant failed to demonstrate the inapplicability of Evid.R. 803(4) with respect to the admission of the forensic worker's interview with the victim; and the convictions were not against the weight of the evidence.