State v. Thompson-Shabazz

Citations

• 2017 Ohio 7434
• 96 N.E.3d 1146

Syllabus

Trial court did not err in denying defendant's motion to suppress statements he made to police officers while in police cruisers defendant's statements to the first officer were not the product of police interrogation, and his statements to the second officer fell within the public safety exception to Miranda. Defendant's conviction for murder was based on sufficient evidence and was not against the manifest weight of the evidence. Trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting (1) the victim's call to the police complaining of harassment by defendant and (2) evidence that, shortly before the murder, the victim filed a theft complaint against defendant and that defendant was arrested for theft. Judgment affirmed.