State v. Hall

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 3199

Syllabus

Criminal law-Aggravated murder-Trial court did not abuse its discretion by denying motion to change venue due to pretrial publicity or by removing African American prospective juror for cause-Trial court did not deprive appellant of due process or a fair trial by allowing victim's motion to wear a \Justice for [K.R.]\ shirt during the first day of individual voir dire-Trial court did not violate appellant's privilege against self-incrimination-Trial court did not allow the prosecution to introduce immproper victim-impact evidence, and even if it did, any error did not affect the outsome of the trial-Sufficient evidence supported appellant's conviction and conviction was not against the manifest weight of the evidence-Trial counsel was not ineffective-Prosecutor did not engage in misconduct that warranted a reversal of appellant's conviction-Conspiracy indictment was defective for failing to allege a substantial overt act-Conspiracy conviction reversed and vacated, and judgment otherwise affirmed.