State v. Jones

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 4902

Syllabus

Self-Defense; Recklessness; Manifest Weight; Sufficient Evidence; Nondeadly Force. Recklessness is defines as disregarding, with heedless indifference to the consequences, a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the person's conduct is likely to cause. If the defendant produces sufficient evidence to create an issue as to each of the elements of the affirmative defense of self-defense, the State has the burden of disproving at least one of the elements of self-defense beyond a reasonable doubt. If the defendant was at fault in creating the affray, he or she cannot claim self-defense.