State v. Trout

Citations

• 2020 Ohio 3940

Syllabus

CHILD WITNESS COMPETENCY-INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE - In light of prosecutor's questions of child witness in direct examination as to the consequences for untruthfulness, trial court did not commit plain error by ruling child victim was competent to testify although he did not specifically question her as to the consequences for untruthfulness or test her understanding of the oath, and defense counsel was not ineffective for failing to submit proposed questions to the trial court for use during child witness competency hearing where pursuant to R.C. 2317.01, trial court was not required to use proposed questions and Appellant's claim of deficient performance was only speculation.