State v. Joseph

Citations

• 2022 Ohio 4404

Syllabus

Suppression of evidence search warrant probable cause sufficiency of the evidence knowledge drug possession R.C. 2925.11(C) firearm specification having weapons while under disability manifest weight of the evidence ineffective assistance of counsel jury instruction plain error mistrial prejudice merger allied offenses of similar import separate animus consecutive sentences R.C. 2929.14(C)(4) statutory findings. The trial court did not err in denying appellant's motion to suppress or his motion for mistrial. Further, his convictions were not against the manifest weight of the evidence and there was sufficient evidence to support them. Appellant's counsel was not ineffective, and the court did not err in imposing consecutive sentences. The trial court did err in failing to conduct an allied offense analysis for the having-weapons-while-under-disability charges prior to sentencing when the two charges facially presented a question of merger.