State v. Laster

Citations

• 2024 Ohio 5912

Syllabus

Endangering children; R.C. 2919.12(A); recklessly; shower; bath; water temperature; scalding; second-degree burns; sufficiency of the evidence; manifest weight of the evidence; bench trial. Appellant's conviction for child endangering was supported by sufficient evidence and was not against the manifest weight of the evidence where the evidence showed that appellant acted recklessly in failing to check the temperature of water before bathing his two-year-old son, resulting in second-degree burns.