State v. Newlin

Citations

• 2019 Ohio 865

Syllabus

106922 Involuntary manslaughter, drug trafficking, ineffective assistance of counsel, sufficiency of the evidence, manifest weight of the evidence, consecutive sentence findings, R.C. 2929.14. Trial counsel was not ineffective for withdrawing a motion to suppress where counsel stated on the record that, through discovery and further investigation, the suppression issues challenging the warrant and search were meritless. Appellant's convictions including involuntary manslaughter and drug trafficking were not against the manifest weight of the evidence where cell phone records demonstrated direct contact between the victim and appellant several times during the day of the victim's death, the heroin envelope at the crime scene contained appellant's DNA and matched those used by appellant during controlled drug buys and found at appellant's apartment, and the victim died promptly after ingesting the heroin. The trial court complied with the consecutive sentencing factors pursuant to R.C. 2929.14 on the record and in the journal entry.