State v. Gardner

Citations

• 2022 Ohio 381

Syllabus

Domestic violence self-defense sufficiency manifest weight court costs. Self-defense claims are generally an issue of credibility and whether the state disproves any of the elements of self-defense is left to the trier of fact to decide. Having carefully reviewed the entirety of the evidence presented at trial, we cannot say the trier of fact lost its way or created a manifest miscarriage of justice in finding appellant guilty of domestic violence despite her claim of self-defense.