State v. Taylor

Citations

• 2020 Ohio 3589

Syllabus

Ineffective assistance of counsel lesser included offense reckless homicide felony murder felonious assault prosecutorial misconduct closing argument. Defendant was not denied of his right to effective assistance of counsel even though trial counsel did not object to autopsy photographs, comments in the state's closing argument, and did not request a jury instruction on a lesser included offense of reckless homicide where the photographs were admissible, the state's closing arguments were appropriate, and a jury instruction on reckless homicide was not warranted under the facts of the case. Appellant's felonious assault and felony murder conviction were supported by sufficient evidence and by the manifest weight of the evidence where witnesses testified that appellant cut the victim's head and the victim bled to death.