State v. Taylor

Citations

• 2022 Ohio 614

Syllabus

Inferences stacking other acts evidence Evid.R. 404(B) motion to suppress custody Miranda circumstantial evidence sufficiency and manifest weight of the evidence. – Evidence that the defendant was wearing boots ten days before the murder and the police never found the boots allowed the jury to impermissibly stack inferences to conclude the defendant disposed of his bloody boots, but defendant was not prejudiced by the error because there was other overwhelming circumstantial evidence of defendant's guilt the trial court did not admit other acts evidence for a purpose not permitted by Evid.R. 404(B) trial court did not err in denying the defendant's motion to suppress inculpatory statements he made to the police prior to the victim's murder because the defendant was not in custody at the time and he volunteered the statements and, therefore, no Miranda warning was required defendant's conviction for aggravated murder, although based on circumstantial evidence, was supported by sufficient evidence and not against the manifest weight of the evidence.