State v. Hesseling

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 5102

Syllabus

Major Drug Offender Specification; R.C. 2929.14(B)(11); Drug Trafficking; Drug Possession; Constructive Possession; Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Accomplice Jury Instruction; R.C. 2923.03(D). The trial court did not err in imposing a prison term for each of the major drug offender specifications. Defendant-appellant's convictions were supported by sufficient evidence and were not against the manifest weight of the evidence. Defendant-appellant was not denied effective assistance of counsel due to his trial counsel failing to file a motion to suppress and failing to object to certain alleged hearsay statements. The trial court did not commit plain error in failing to provide a cautionary instruction pursuant to R.C. 2923.03(D) concerning accomplice testimony.