State v. Thompson

Citations

• 2024 Ohio 5910

Syllabus

Ineffective assistance of counsel; plain error. Judgment affirmed. Defendant has not demonstrated that he was prejudiced by defense counsel's alleged failures to (1) secure an expert witness, (2) withdraw from the negotiated plea agreement, and (3) object or clarify the record during the sentencing hearing. Accordingly, we decline to find that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. Defendant further fails to demonstrate that he was prejudiced by the trial court's failure to provide Reagan Tokes Law advisements because a Reagan Tokes tail was not imposed to his sentence. Therefore, this is not an exceptional circumstance where a correction of plain error is required to prevent a manifest injustice.