State v. Jones

Citations

• 2019 Ohio 239

Syllabus

The trial court did not err in refusing to give a jury instruction on the affirmative defense of duress. The appellant's own testimony established that she had the ability to withdraw or escape from any immediate threat that she faced after two armed men exited her car and walked a block away after dark to shoot at a residence. She then drove them to another location and they again exited her car, walked away and shot at another residence. She did not leave and did not call the police on her cell phone on either occasion. Judgment affirmed.