State v. Hayes

Citations

• 2024 Ohio 6046

Syllabus

Appellant's convictions for murder, felonious assault, and discharging a firearm on or near prohibited premises were not against the manifest weight of the evidence. The State disproved appellant's self defense claim beyond a reasonable doubt. The trial court erred, however, in imposing a consecutive sentence on a discretionary prison term for a firearm specification. The State also presented legally insufficient evidence to sustain appellant's menacing-by-stalking conviction. Defense counsel did not provide ineffective assistance by failing to seek a separate trial on the menacing-by-stalking charge. Judgment affirmed in part, vacated in part, reversed in part, and remanded for resentencing.