State v. Porter

Citations

• 2021 Ohio 3232

Syllabus

CRIM.R. 29 – SUFFICIENCY OF EVIDENCE – WEIGHT OF EVIDENCE – DOMESTIC VIOLENCE – SELF-DEFENSE: The trial court properly overruled defendant's Crim.R. 29 motion where defendant failed to produce evidence that tended to show that she had a bona fide belief that she was in imminent danger of bodily harm, that she could only protect herself by using force, and that she only used the amount of force reasonably necessary in support of her claim of self-defense. The trial court had sufficient evidence upon which to base its guilty finding where defendant knowingly caused physical harm to the victim and the victim's injuries were significant enough to warrant medical attention, particularly due to the risk that the physical harm could have posed to her fetus. The evidence was credible and the trial court did not patently lose its way in finding defendant guilty of domestic violence where testimony and photographs offered at trial supported that defendant caused injuries to the victim's face, arm, and foot and defendant did not deny that she caused the victim's injuries, rather, she claimed that she acted in self-defense.