State v. Watts

Citations

• 2019 Ohio 4856

Syllabus

ASSAULT – SELF-DEFENSE – EVIDENCE – CONSTITUTIONAL LAW/CRIMINAL – CONFRONTATION CLAUSE: Defendant's assault conviction was not contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence where the responding police officer's testimony supported the victim's version of events, indicating that the victim did not hit defendant and disproving defendant's claim of self-defense. Where the responding officer did not testify as to any statements made by a nontestifying witness, but stated only that she relied on the statements in charging defendant with assault, there was no Confrontation Clause violation.