State v. Mann

Citations

• 2026 Ohio 2187

Syllabus

Rape; kidnapping; ruse; scheme; fair and impartial juror; excused; for cause; manifest weight; allied offenses. - Trial court did not abuse its discretion in not removing a juror for cause when the juror stated she could not be fair and impartial because the juror's response was not based on any bias but on her emotions based on the nature and facts of the case. Appellant's convictions for sexually related offenses were not against the manifest weight of the evidence despite no physical evidence for some of the victims and delayed reporting by other victims. The testimony and evidence revealed a four-year scheme whereby the appellant would lure women to a hotel for the purpose of working a poker game, but remove the women to similar areas and rape them. The asportation and animus were separate and distinct; thus the offenses of rape and kidnapping were not allied offenses.