State v. Hemmelgarn

Citations

• 2019 Ohio 2034

Syllabus

The appellant's convictions for gross sexual imposition and disseminating matter harmful to juveniles were supported by legally sufficient evidence and were not against the manifest weight of the evidence. The trial court did not err in admitting into evidence testimony about the appellant's drug use and excerpts of his recorded interview at the police department. The objection to playing the recorded excerpts was that the recording took the appellant's statements out of context, but the trial court authorized defense counsel to play any additional portions of the interview deemed necessary. The trial court did not err in allowing a police officer to provide lay-witness testimony about the extraction of data from the appellant's cell phone. No cumulative error deprived the appellant of a fair trial. Judgment affirmed.