State v. Thompson

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 2168

Syllabus

The trial court did not clearly err when it overruled appellant's objection to the State's use of a peremptory challenge on an African-American prospective juror. Appellant's convictions were supported by sufficient evidence and were not against the manifest weight of the evidence. The trial court did not commit plain error in providing a jury instruction requested by the State that was a correct statement of law, relevant to the case, and supported by the evidence. The trial court did not err in refusing to merge two felonious assault offenses and an improper discharge of a firearm offense, because the offenses were of dissimilar import or significance. The trial court's findings in support of consecutive sentences were not clearly and convincingly not supported by the record. The trial court erred by failing to advise appellant of and properly calculate his jail-time credit. Judgment affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded for proper imposition of jail-time credit.