State v. Sims

Citations

• 212 N.E.3d 458
• 2023 Ohio 1179

Syllabus

Rape-trial court did not abuse its discretion by overruling appellant's motion to sever rape charges involving three different incidents and involving three different victims when evidence presented was simple and direct any error in admitting out-of-court statements as excited utterances harmless error when statements were cumulative to declarant's direct testimony defendant failed to preserve objection to nurses' testimony recounting victims' narrative during sexual-assault examination when he did not object to specific statements contained in narrative but instead only raised a general objection to the testimony, and any error was harmless error any error admitting other-acts evidence harmless error when no danger that jury convicted defendant based on other-acts evidence and when other evidence overwhelmingly supports defendant's rape convicctions trial court did not abuse its discretion by admitting BCI forensic testimony and reports defendant's conviction not against the manifest weight of the evidence sufficient evidence supports defendant's conviction defendant's assertion that trial court failed to properly consider sentencing factors listed in R.C. 2929.11 and 2929.12 not reviewable on appeal.