State v. Pierce

Citations

• 209 N.E.3d 221
• 2023 Ohio 528

Syllabus

Sufficient evidence manifest weight felonious assault credibility intoxication assault of a police officers incidental contact maximum sentences consecutive sentences Reagan Tokes Law. - Appellant's conviction for felonious assault upheld where the evidence showed that the appellant caused the victim serious physical harm when the victim suffered a laceration to his face. The victim's state of intoxication did not render the appellant's conviction against the manifest weight of the evidence because a defense witness corroborated the victim's testimony that the appellant assaulted the victim. Appellant's conviction for assault of a police officer upheld where evidence showed that the appellant's conduct and contact with the officer was not merely incidental but deliberate when he used two hands to push the officer, causing her to fall. The record supported the trial court's decision to impose maximum and consecutive sentences.