State v. Speaks

Citations

• 229 N.E.3d 662
• 2023 Ohio 4170

Syllabus

Defendant appeals felonious assault conviction. Defendant's background in mixed-martial arts fighting (\MMA\) introduced into evidence. Trial court did not commit legal error in admitting MMA evidence, which was not prejudicial and relevant to issues. Manifest weight of the evidence. Jurors did not lose their way by rejecting defendant's self-defense claim. Defendant told multiple inconsistent versions of events and was not credible.