State v. Price

Citations

• 2024 Ohio 5598

Syllabus

Jury instruction; voluntary manslaughter; self-defense; manifest weight of the evidence; abuse of discretion; Evid.R. 701; lay witness opinion testimony. Judgment affirmed. The trial court did not abuse its discretion by giving a jury instruction on voluntary manslaughter considering the unique facts of this case. Nor did the trial court abuse its discretion when it permitted a detective to testify that bullets were fired at a downward angle. Finally, the jury's rejection of Price's self-defense claim was not against the manifest weight of the evidence.