State v. Skirvin

Citations

• 2026 Ohio 376

Syllabus

Appellant's convictions for three counts of felonious assault on a peace officer and one count of aggravated possession of drugs were based on sufficient evidence and were not against the manifest weight of the evidence. The jury reasonably concluded that appellant knowingly attempted to cause physical harm when he shot in the direction of officers parked along the highway median, that appellant was conscious and had acted voluntarily when he drove his pickup truck into an occupied police cruiser, and that he knowingly possessed the methamphetamine found in his truck. The trial court did not abuse its discretion in failing to provide, sua sponte, a \blackout\ jury instruction and in denying appellant's request for an instruction on aggravated menacing as to the shooting. Judgment affirmed.