State v. Smith

Citations

• 2023 Ohio 1296

Syllabus

Self-defense manifest weight sufficiency evidence State v. Messenger, Slip Opinion No. 2022-Ohio-4562 ineffective assistance of counsel. Judgment affirmed. The trial court properly charged the jury regarding self-defense and provided the requisite verdict forms. The fashion of the jury instructions and absence of a separate self-defense verdict form did not prejudice the defendant or rise to the level of plain error. Because the jury instructions and verdict forms were not erroneous, Smith's trial counsel was not ineffective. The defendant's murder and felonious assault convictions are not against the manifest weight of the evidence, and the State was not required to present sufficient evidence to disprove Smith's, self-defense claim.