State v. Richardson

Citations

• 2021 Ohio 3362

Syllabus

EXCLUSIONARY RULE — COMMUNITY CONTROL — DUE PROCESS — COUNSEL — SENTENCING: The exclusionary rule does not prohibit the admission of illegally-obtained evidence in a community-control-revocation hearing, and the introduction of the illegally-obtained evidence did not violate defendant's due-process rights. Trial counsel was not ineffective for failing to object to the admission of illegally-obtained evidence where the evidence was admissible at the community-control-revocation hearing. The trial court's judgments finding defendant guilty of community-control violations were not against the weight of the evidence where there was substantial evidence that defendant was arrested on new charges, possessed illegal drugs, refused to disclose the passcodes to his cell phones, failed to make payments to probation, and failed a drug test for marijuana. Defendant's sentences were supported by the record and were not contrary to law where the trial court properly considered the principles and purposes of sentencing and the felony sentencing factors in sentencing defendant.