State v. Malone

Citations

• 256 N.E.3d 266
• 2024 Ohio 5004

Syllabus

Attempted murder; felonious assault; self-defense; sufficiency of the evidence; manifest weight of the evidence; admissibility of evidence; body-camera video; App.R. 16(A)(7); jury instruction on flight; consecutive sentences for firearm specifications. Defendant's convictions for attempted murder and felonious assault are affirmed. The relevant issue in this case, which went to a jury trial, was whether the defendant acted in self-defense when he shot the victim five times. After reviewing the record, we determine that defendant's convictions are supported by sufficient evidence and are not against the manifest weight of the evidence. This is not the exceptional case where the jury lost its way in convicting defendant of attempted murder and felonious assault. Defendant failed to show reversible error in the admission of evidence, jury instruction and consecutive sentences for firearm specifications.