State v. Rose

Citations

• 2024 Ohio 1845

Syllabus

Batson Claim. Defendant-appellant's counsel's failure to respond to the government's race-neutral explanation for exercising its preemptory strike indicated he no longer disputed the strike. Even assuming defendant-appellant still disputed the strike, the trial court's ruling was not clearly erroneous the record does not support finding that the State was motivated in substantial part by discriminatory intent.