State v. Smoot

Citations

• 2020 Ohio 838

Syllabus

Criminal-damaging conviction upheld where state presented evidence that appellant admitted spray-painting offensive messages on door without owner's consent and door needed to be replaced. No eyewitness testimony was required, and property need not have been rendered non-functional. Right to silence not violated by isolated statement by officer that appellant hung up on him. Trial court properly entered nunc pro tunc judgment to correct error in numerical designation and omission of degree of offense.