State v. Springer

Citations

• 2017 Ohio 8861

Syllabus

Felony murder, manifest weight, ineffective assistance of counsel, prosecutorial misconduct, court costs. Appellant's conviction for felony murder was not against the manifest weight of the evidence. Appellant's trial counsel was not ineffective for failing to object to object to law enforcement testimony generalizing the effects of time and alcohol on a witnesses memory. The state did not commit prosecutorial misconduct by commenting in closing argument that the deceased victim was unable to tell her story. Appellant's trial counsel provided ineffective assistance at sentencing by failing to move for a waiver of court costs after the trial court had already made a finding that appellant was indigent.