State v. White

Citations

• 2020 Ohio 3313

Syllabus

The trial court properly denied appellant's motion to suppress where appellant voluntarily waived his Miranda rights before speaking to detectives and the detectives' use of deceit during the interview did not render appellant's confession involuntary. The trial court did not abuse its discretion in permitting a detective to testify as an expert regarding gang-related matters where the detective had the necessary training in the field and her testimony aided the jury in understanding issues related to gang history, gang identification, and how gang-related violence played a role in the crimes charged against appellant. Appellant's conviction and related specifications were not against the manifest weight of the evidence where the jury did not find appellant's testimony that he acted in self-defense credible, and where the state presented evidence that appellant shot the victim four times while he lay on the street.