State v. Lucas

Citations

• 154 N.E.3d 262
• 2020 Ohio 1602

Syllabus

Attempted murder R.C. 2903.02 R.C. 2923.02 improperly discharging a firearm into a habitation felonious assault breaking and entering right to counsel ineffective assistance of counsel structural error sufficiency circumstantial evidence intent other acts evidence Evid.R. 404(B) plain error motive prosecutorial misconduct prearrest silence. Appellant was not denied his constitutional rights to counsel or the effective assistance of counsel. Appellant's convictions were supported by sufficient evidence. The trial court did not commit plain error in admitting the victim's testimony about her strained relationship with appellant or testimony regarding appellant's cell phone records. The state did not impermissibly comment on appellant's prearrest silence, nor did the state commit prosecutorial misconduct during closing arguments.