State v. Johnson

Citations

• 2024 Ohio 3108

Syllabus

Rape, attempted rape, importuning, sufficiency of evidence, manifest weight of evidence, credibility, hearsay, police report, department of children and family services log, sexually violent predator. Defendant's convictions for attempted rape, rape, and importuning were based on sufficient evidence because the victims testified to the elements of each offense committed and convictions were not against the manifest weight of the evidence where the victims' testimony was not wholly incredible and aspects of their testimony was corroborated by other evidence. The trial court did not abuse its discretion by not allowing Johnson to introduce the police report and a Department of Children and Family Services activity log where the report did not fall under a hearsay exception and defendant did not show the statements within the report satisfied an exception to the hearsay rule. Finally, the trial court could find defendant to be a sexually violent predator where he was convicted in the past of the rape of three of his daughters who were of a similar age to the victims, his granddaughters, in the present case.