State v. Hayes

Citations

• 2019 Ohio 257

Syllabus

Ineffective assistance of counsel–trial counsel did not render ineffective assistance of counsel by failing to request R.C. 2913.03(C) affirmative defense instruction in trial for violating R.C. 2913.04(C) and (D)–evidence did not support finding that appellant's mistaken belief regarding use of OHLEG and LEADS was reasonable constitutionality of R.C. 2913.04(C) and (D)–trial court did not plainly err by failing to conclude that appellant's convictions violated due process rights for failing to adequately define proscribed conduct ineffective assistance of counsel–counsel's potential conflict of interest did not warrant presumption of prejudice when counsel's potential conflict did not prevent counsel from subjecting state's case to meaningful adversarial testing.