State v. Ransom

Citations

• 2024 Ohio 2634

Syllabus

Sufficient manifest weight credibility inconsistent aid abet complicit encourage support intent closing prosecutorial misconduct prejudice ineffective assistance of counsel gruesome autopsy crime scene photographs excessive. The defendant's convictions are supported by sufficient evidence and are not against the manifest weight of the evidence. Trial counsel did not render ineffective assistance of counsel by failing to object to the State's introduction of crime scene and autopsy photographs. The State did not commit prosecutorial misconduct during closing arguments by referencing the metadata that was incorporated into a video exhibit introduced by the defense.