State v. Hardy

Citations

• 2017 Ohio 7635
• 97 N.E.3d 838

Syllabus

The trial court did not err when it overruled appellant's motion to suppress. Appellant's waiver of her Miranda rights was made in a knowing, voluntary, and intelligent manner. The trial court did not err when it overruled appellant's motion to dismiss pursuant to R.C. 1.51 because none of the charged offenses are irreconcilable to one another. The trial court did not err when, pursuant to Evid.R 404(B), it permitted the State to introduce evidence of two prior attacks by appellant's dog in order to establish that appellant had knowledge of her dog's aggressive nature. Trial counsel was not ineffective for failing to request a limiting instruction regarding the prior acts evidence adduced by the State, as well as statements made by appellant that dog was \vicious.\ The evidence adduced at trial was sufficient to support appellant's convictions for the charged offenses, and her convictions were not against the manifest weight of the evidence. Judgment affirmed.