State v. Vaughn

Citations

• 2019 Ohio 1026

Syllabus

The trial court did not err by admitting a computerized criminal history (CCH) printout under the public-records hearsay exception in Evid.R. 803(8). Nor did the trial court err by overruling Appellant's Crim.R. 29 motion for judgment of acquittal of the weapons under disability charge. The evidence was sufficient to sustain a conviction for having weapons under disability. The CCH printout was competent, credible evidence that Appellant had a prior felony conviction for drug trafficking. The evidence was sufficient to sustain a conviction for one count of aggravated possession of drugs where an expert testified that she had relied on the imprint and appearance of a particular set of pills, as well as testing to confirm the substances contained therein. However, the evidence was not sufficient with respect to a second set of pills, where the expert testified that the appearance and imprint of the pills suggested a particular drug, but the pills were not tested to confirm their content, and the expert testified that she \had no idea for sure\ what was in those pills. Judgment affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded for a new judgment entry.