State v. Hilliard

Citations

• 2017 Ohio 2952

Syllabus

FELONIOUS ASSAULT - JURY INSTRUCTIONS - COUNSEL: Defendant's convictions for felonious assault were not against the manifest weight of the evidence where the testimony was contradictory regarding whether defendant had acted in self-defense and whether the victim had a right to be in the home. The jury instructions were not erroneous where they correctly stated the law on the elements of self-defense, the Castle Doctrine presumption and defendant's burden of proof. Counsel was not ineffective for failing to object to jury instructions that correctly stated the law and where the record shows that counsel extensively reviewed the proposed jury instructions, made objections with well-reasoned arguments and suggested alterations.