State v. Pettaway

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 1181

Syllabus

Felony murder; improper discharge of a firearm into a habitation; sufficiency of the evidence; insufficient evidence; manifest weight of the evidence; drive-by shooting; habitation, video surveillance; forensic analysis; direct evidence; circumstantial evidence; aiding and abetting; accomplice liability; affirm; vacate; remand; resentencing. Defendant-appellant's jury trial convictions for felony murder and one count of improper discharge of a firearm into a habitation are affirmed on direct appeal. There was sufficient evidence presented that defendant-appellant aided and abetted the principal offender in the commission of the offenses and his convictions for felony murder and one count of improper discharge of a firearm into a habitation were not against the manifest weight of the evidence because there were no credibility issues or inconsistencies with regard to the State's witnesses' testimonies. The remaining four counts of improper discharge of a firearm into a habitation are vacated, however, due to the fact that only one habitation was at issue. Case remanded for resentencing.