State v. Jones

Citations

• 249 N.E.3d 782
• 2024 Ohio 2959

Syllabus

MOTION TO DISMISS 2ND AMENDMENT R.C. 2941.141(A) FIREARM SPECIFICATION SPEEDY TRIAL R.C. 2945.71 R.C. 2945.72 BCI LABORATORY ANALYSIS ADDITIONAL FACTS NEW SPEEDY TRIAL CLOCK ALLIED OFFENSES OF SIMILAR IMPORT BATSON CHALLENGE VOIR DIRE. The trial court did not abuse its discretion by denying the defendant-appellant's motion to dismiss the firearm specifications because R.C. 2941.141(A) is not unconstitutional (facially or as applied to the defendant-appellant) under New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1, 142 S.Ct. 2111 (2021). The defendant-appellant's speedy-trial rights were not violated because a new speedy-trial began to run from the subsequent indictment since the State did not have all of the information necessary to support the defendant-appellant's aggravated-possession-of-drugs charges at the time of the original indictment. The trial court did not err by failing to merge the defendant-appellant's aggravated-possession-of-drugs convictions. The trial court's decision rejecting the defendant-appellant's Batson challenge was not clearly erroneous.