State v. Hicks

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 2520

Syllabus

Robbery; grand theft; aggravated menacing; indictment; amendment; Crim.R. 7; merger; allied offenses; ineffective assistance of counsel; sufficiency of the evidence; manifest weight; hearsay; harmless error. The trial court did not err when it permitted the State to amend the indictment. The grand theft and robbery offenses were not allied offenses of similar import subject to merger. Defendant-appellant did not receive ineffective assistance of counsel. The convictions were supported by sufficient evidence and were not against the manifest weight of the evidence. The statement made by an employee was not inadmissible hearsay, but even if it were, its admission was harmless error.