State v. White

Citations

• 254 N.E.3d 665
• 2024 Ohio 4654

Syllabus

JURISDICTION – MOOT – STAY OF SENTENCE – ABANDONMENT OF ANIMALS – R.C. 959.01 – SUFFICIENCY AND WEIGHT OF THE EVIDENCE: Where the trial court elected to exercise its discretion not to impose a monetary or community-control sentence on appellant's conviction for abandoning animals, an appeal from that conviction was not moot where appellant requested, and the trial court denied, a stay of sentence pending appeal. Appellant's convictions for abandoning animals in violation of R.C. 959.01 were supported by sufficient evidence and were not against the manifest weight of the evidence where the evidence established that appellant intentionally abdicated her responsibility towards the animals and did not intend to care for them herself, and where, at the time of their recovery, the animals had not been cared for in four days and one was found in a locked crate in a room filled with inches of cold water.