State v. Jackson

Citations

• 2019 Ohio 4995

Syllabus

Trial court did not err by denying appellant's successive postconviction relief petition without conducting a hearing because it concluded it lacked jurisdiction over the petition due to appellant's failure to satisfy the requirements of R.C. 2953.21(A)(1). The trial court did not err by concluding appellant did not satisfy the requirements of R.C. 2953.21(A)(1) because appellant failed to show by clear and convincing evidence that but for the alleged errors no reasonable factfinder would have found him guilty of aggravated murder and other charges. The alleged errors cited in appellant's petition did not address his codefendant's testimony identifying appellant as the individual who fired the fatal shots and other evidence connecting appellant to the handgun found to have fired the fatal shots at one victim and likely to have fired the fatal shots at the second victim, therefore he failed to demonstrate that no reasonable factfinder would have found him guilty had the alleged errors not occurred.