State v. Owens

Citations

• 2022 Ohio 2908

Syllabus

Officer in limited marked vehicle assigned to gang task force was not on duty for exclusive or main purpose of enforcing traffic laws. He was not incompetent to testify under R.C. 4549.14 and Evid.R. 601(B)(4), thus trial counsel was not ineffective for not seeking to exclude his testimony. Appellant's conviction under R.C. 2921.331(C)(5)(a)(ii) was not against manifest weight of evidence where he sped through residential streets and disregarded traffic signs and signals in effort to elude police.