State v. Upkins

Citations

• 2026 Ohio 770

Syllabus

Manifest Weight; Possession of Drugs; Credibility of Witnesses; Prosecutorial Misconduct; Right to a Fair Trial; Due Process of Law; Plain Error; Ineffective Assistance of Counsel. Defendant-appellant's possession-of-drugs convictions are not against the manifest weight of the evidence. Even assuming the prosecutor's comments during opening statements and closing arguments were inappropriate, the trial court did not commit plain error in allowing them. Defendant-appellant failed to demonstrate that he received ineffective assistance of counsel.