State v. Malloy

Citations

• 2026 Ohio 14

Syllabus

Repeat-Violent-Offender Specification; R.C. 2924.149; Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Evid.R. 611(A); Constitutional Right to Testify. The trial court did not err by determining the defendant-appellant's status as a repeat violent offender after the jury found him guilty of the underlying criminal charge. The defendant-appellant's trial counsel was not was not ineffective because the trial court reasonably controlled the mode and manner of the presentation of evidence of the defendant-appellant's prior convictions. Nothing in the record suggests that the defendant-appellant wished to testify and was denied the opportunity to do so.