State v. Washington

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 5755

Syllabus

Motion to withdraw guilty plea, Crim.R. 11 plea colloquy, effect of pleading guilty, probable-cause hearing, bindover, motion for continuance, substitution of counsel. Trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying motion to withdraw guilty plea where defendant's and court's statements during the Crim.R. 11 colloquy were not consistent with defendant's professed misunderstanding of his sentence. Effect of defendant's guilty plea was evident from Crim.R. 11 plea colloquy, even where not explicitly stated by the court. Sufficient credible evidence supported court's probable-cause finding regarding attempted murder. As to the defendant's identity, the shooter was wearing clothes that matched those visible in a photo posted on defendant's Instagram story on the day of the shooting. Regarding intent to kill, defendant fired an automatic weapon in the direction of several people standing in the parking lot of a gas station. Trial court did not err by denying defendant's motion for continuance, filed on the day trial was to begin, where he had not complained about his attorney previously and there was no indication of problems in their relationship.