State v. Hagwood

Citations

• 2023 Ohio 3970

Syllabus

Manifest weight of the evidence cell tower triangulation cell phone location data cruel and unusual punishment. Judgment affirmed. Appellant Hagwood's challenges to his convictions on manifest-weight grounds, particularly relating to cell phone location data, are without merit. Cell phone location data has been routinely accepted as a reliable form of evidence in Ohio and federal courts when admitted with additional evidence linking defendants to crimes. In addition to the cell phone location data, the state presented evidence connecting Hagwood to the vehicle, the co-defendants, and the weapon used in the crimes. Hagwood's DNA was also found on several items linked to the crimes. Hagwood's challenges to his sentence on cruel and unusual punishment grounds are also overruled. The trial court's sentence was within the terms of a valid statute and therefore cannot constitute cruel and unusual punishment.