State v. Turner

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 386

Syllabus

NUNC PRO TUNC ENTRY — SUFFICIENCY AND WEIGHT OF THE EVIDENCE — MURDER — HAVING A WEAPON WHILE UNDER DISABILITY — COMPLICITY — COUNSEL — INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE — CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES — R.C. 2929.14: The trial court's nunc pro tunc entry was invalid where it was used to make a substantive change to the judgment rather than reflect what actually occurred. Defendant's convictions for murder and having a weapon while under disability were supported by the sufficiency and the weight of the evidence where defendant's identity as the perpetrator of the offenses was established by video evidence from surveillance cameras and an officer's body-worn-camera footage and where defendant's own statements placed him at the crime scene. Trial counsel did not render ineffective assistance for failing to engage an expert to conduct an independent examination of the firearms and to enhance the video of the incident. The record did not clearly and convincingly fail to support the trial court's imposition of consecutive sentences under R.C. 2929.14(C)(4).