State v. Jones

Citations

• 2026 Ohio 1555

Syllabus

Abduction; rape; attempted rape; firearm specifications; firearm; gun; sufficiency; manifest weight; threatened; reasonable inferences; circumstantial evidence; direct evidence; possession; control; facilitate. Affirmed appellant's conviction upon finding the challenged firearm specifications accompanying the charges for rape and attempted rape were supported by sufficient evidence and were not against the manifest weight of the evidence. The trier of fact could reasonably infer from the direct and circumstantial evidence provided that the firearm displayed during the victim's abduction from her home was used to facilitate the rape and attempted rape offenses that followed 10 to 15 minutes thereafter at another location and that appellant had the firearm in his possession and under his control throughout the entire course of criminal conduct committed against the victim.