State v. Rivers

Citations

• 2020 Ohio 3492

Syllabus

Murder conviction affirmed where appellant acknowledged fatally shooting the victim and the evidence belies his claim of self-defense. Appellant's argument under R.C. 2945.13, reviewed for plain error, fails because appellant advances no argument to show how the outcome of the proceedings was altered by the trial court's decision to try him separately from his co-defendants. Trial counsel was not ineffective for failing to request a continuance to allow a statutory amendment to go into effect.