State v. Tarver

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 1190

Syllabus

Appellant's rape convictions were supported by sufficient evidence and not against the manifest weight of the evidence; the victim's testimony established all necessary elements of the rape charges, and the jury did not lose its way in resolving conflicts in the evidence and believing the victim's account. The trial court did not plainly err by failing to sua sponte merge two rape offenses after defense counsel conceded that the offenses should not merge. The jury's not-guilty verdict for gross sexual imposition was not impermissibly inconsistent with its guilty verdicts for rape. Appellant did not establish plain error in the admission of the victim's narrative statement to a sexual assault nurse examiner where the statement was merely cumulative to the victim's testimony. Judgment affirmed.