State v. Smith

Citations

• 2021 Ohio 2866

Syllabus

CONFRONTATION OF WITNESSES-INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL - Where Appellant was in an adjoining room and able to communicate with his counsel, he was given several chances to control his behavior, his interests were adequately represented by competent counsel, and Appellant failed to explain how his absence hampered his ability to defend, Appellant's voluntarily actions caused his removal and trial court did not err in ordering Appellant's removal from courtroom during evidentiary phase of trial and since operability of a firearm may be proven by circumstantial evidence, Appellant's counsel was not deficient for failing to object to trooper's lay testimony regarding operability.