State v. Harris

Citations

• 2024 Ohio 2583

Syllabus

Rape R.C. 2907.03(A)(2) sufficiency Crim.R. 29 manifest weight. The defendant's conviction for rape was supported by sufficient evidence where the victim testified that, after consensually cuddling with the defendant, the defendant forcibly compelled sexual conduct over the victim's objections by grabbing her wrists, strangling her by the neck using both hands, putting his weight on her, removing her pants and penetrating her. The conviction was not against the manifest weight of the evidence. While the two had a history of consensual sexual encounters and had exchanged flirtatious electronic messages before the encounter at issue, the victim's testimony about the assault was not significantly contradicted by other evidence in the record. This is not the exceptional case where the evidence weighs heavily against a conviction. Judgment affirmed.