State v. Long

Citations

• 2020 Ohio 2678

Syllabus

The trial court did not seat an unfair jury where potential jurors acknowledged that appellant had the right to not testify and that such decision could not be used against him in any way. Appellant's convictions were not against the manifest weight of the evidence and were supported by sufficient evidence where the victim testified that appellant massaged her breasts, buttocks, and vagina for multiple years, starting when she was around five years old. The trial court did not abuse its discretion in permitting the state to use a drawing of an anatomically-correct child so that the victim could identify what she called certain body parts pointed to by the state where the chart was relevant, depicted a child's body accurately, and was not confusing to the jury. The trial court's consecutive sentence was properly imposed where the court's sentence was not contrary to law because the trial court considered all requisite statutory factors and sentenced appellant within the statutory range for a third degree fe