State v. Reeves

Citations

• 2020 Ohio 5565

Syllabus

Defendant was not entitled to a jury instruction on the affirmative defenses of abandonment and mistake of fact in a theft case involving the defendant stealing bedding from a laundromat dryer. Trial counsel was not ineffective in failing to fully argue a Crim.R. 29(A) motion for acquittal and in his cross-examination of the owner of the bedding. Defendant's 30-day jail sentence was not excessive and was not in retaliation for the defendant's choice to exercise her right to a jury trial.