State v. Ward

Citations

• 208 N.E.3d 143
• 2023 Ohio 328

Syllabus

The trial court did not err by failing to suppress un-Mirandized statements that appellant made to investigating officers during two separate interviews the interviews in question were not custodial interrogations that required Miranda warnings. Appellant's aggravated vehicular homicide convictions were not against the manifest weight of the evidence, as the evidence presented at trial overwhelmingly established that appellant recklessly caused the deaths of three individuals while operating a motor vehicle. Appellant's multiple ineffective assistance of counsel claims lack merit because appellant failed to establish deficient performance and prejudice. Appellant's claim that the State engaged in prosecutorial misconduct during closing argument also lacks merit, as appellant failed to establish that any of the State's comments were improper. Judgment affirmed.