State v. Patterson

Citations

• 2026 Ohio 1768

Syllabus

Defective indictment; dangerous ordnance; switch; machine gun conversion device; sufficiency; manifest weight; knowingly; possession. Appellant's conviction for possessing a dangerous ordnance upheld because the direct and circumstantial evidence established that appellant knowingly possessed a firearm modified with a switch or machine gun conversion device, thus rendering the firearm a dangerous ordnance. Indictment was not defective because it tracked the language of the statute and appellant did not establish that he did not have notice of the offense.