State v. Scott

Citations

• 2018 Ohio 198
• 104 N.E.3d 143

Syllabus

The trial court did not err by overruling Defendant-appellant's motion to suppress identification testimony of two witnesses. The trial court did not err in the manner in which it handled the potential testimony of a witness who ultimately asserted her privilege against self-incrimination, and, further, the record does not support a prosecutorial misconduct conclusion regarding this issue. The trial court did not err by overruling Defendant-appellant's Crim.R. 29 motion for acquittal regarding the two murder counts. Further, the jury verdicts regarding the two murder counts are not against the manifest weight of the evidence. The trial court did not abuse its discretion by failing to charge the jury on involuntary manslaughter and reckless homicide. The trial court did not abuse its discretion by allowing the introduction of two photographs depicting Defendant-appellant holding a handgun matching witnesses' descriptions of the murder weapon. Finally, the record does not reveal any error associated with a detective's testimony regarding a surveillance video viewed by the jury. Judgment affirmed. (Donovan, J., concurring in judgment only.)