State v. Jackson

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 109

Syllabus

Sufficiency, manifest weight, circumstantial evidence, inference stacking, aiding and abetting, complicity, R.C. 2923.03(A)(2), felony murder, R.C. 2903.02(B), mens rea, knowingly, R.C. 2901.22(B), motive, hearsay, Evid.R. 803(3), abuse of discretion, testimonial, nontestimonial, Confrontation Clause, \objective witness\ test, Crim.R. 52(A), harmless error, Crim.R. 52(B), plain error, ineffective assistance of counsel, jury instructions, Crim.R. 30, waiver, Bruton, cumulative error, consecutive sentences, R.C. 2929.14(C)(4), findings. Judgment affirmed. There was sufficient evidence that appellant aided and abetted in the drive-by shooting that resulted in the death of a 13-year-old child, and appellant's convictions were not against the manifest weight of the evidence. Circumstantial evidence carries the same weight as direct evidence. The Ring doorbell camera, as well as cell phone data, traffic cameras, and license plate readers established that the appellant and the codefendant were together at the time and location of the murder. The jury instructions were proper. Trial counsel was not ineffective, and the trial court made sufficient findings to impose consecutive sentences.