State v. Kincaid

Citations

• 2023 Ohio 1873

Syllabus

ALLOCUTION — HARMLESS ERROR — CRIM.R. 32: Any error that the trial court committed in failing to personally ask defendant if he would like to make a statement before sentencing was harmless where defendant continuously interrupted the sentencing proceedings and made unsworn statements in mitigation of his sentence by (1) explaining his drug use being the cause of the fire, (2) saying that he had \been real good\ and had been taking his medication, and (3) repeatedly asking the court to give him another chance.