State v. Harper

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 2059

Syllabus

POSSESSION – TRAFFICKING – SUFFICIENCY – MANIFEST WEIGHT – PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT: Defendant's conviction for trafficking in a fentanyl-related compound was supported by sufficient evidence and not contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence where the body-worn-camera video depicted defendant admitting ownership of the fentanyl and officers testified about the three bindles and four cellphones found near defendant. Defendant was not denied a fair trial by the prosecutor's improper comments during closing argument where defendant could not demonstrate that but for those comments the result of the trial would have been different.