State v. Hensgen

Citations

• 2017 Ohio 8793
• 101 N.E.3d 76

Syllabus

The trial court did not err by denying appellant's motion to suppress where officers responded to the scene on reports of an unresponsive male, later determined to be appellant, and discovered in plain view a syringe and an active methamphetamine lab nearby to appellant's body. In addition, the trial court's decision sentencing appellant to an aggregate five-year prison term after he was found guilty of various felony drug offenses was not excessive and supported by the record where appellant had committed the crimes while on community control and had a lengthy criminal history that included numerous misdemeanor and felony offenses. Finally, appellant did not receive ineffective assistance of counsel because the defense implemented at trial was a product of sound trial strategy and there is no requirement that appellant's trial counsel develop and share a meaningful relation with appellant so as to afford him effective, competent representation.