State v. Herring

Citations

• 2017 Ohio 743

Syllabus

Speedy trial Evid.R. 404(B) Evid.R. 403 other acts evidence Confrontation Clause sufficiency and manifest weight of the evidence merger allied offenses consecutive sentences. The convictions for aggravated burglary, two counts of robbery against separate victims, disrupting public service, grand theft, domestic violence, and endangering a child are not against the weight of the evidence. There was no error with the introduction of defendant's recorded conversation seeking to intimidate the victim at trial under Evid.R. 404(B) the evidence was introduced for a legitimate purpose other than to show defendant's propensity to commit the crimes. The trial court did not need to consider the terms of a rejected plea offer in considering the proportionality for the purposes of consecutive sentences.