State v. Grevious

Citations

• 2019 Ohio 1932

Syllabus

The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying appellant's motion to sever where the charges against appellant were all connected and the evidence supporting the various charges was simple and direct. The trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting evidence of the underlying premeditated murder because the state was required to show that the murder actually occurred in order to charge appellant with complicity. The trial court did not abuse its discretion by admitting evidence that a witness made an identification of appellant from a photographic lineup during the investigation into the victim's murder where the lineup was compliant with R.C. 2933.83. Appellant was not denied his right to effective assistance of counsel where counsel's decision to withdraw a motion to suppress was not deficient conduct because appellant lacked standing to challenge the search and seizure of evidence from a home in which appellant did not live. R.C. 2929.03 is constitutional, and appellant has not suffered a violation of his equal protection rights, because Ohio has a rational basis for treating the worst felony offenders from other felony offenders when sentencing.