State v. Whitfield

Citations

• 207 N.E.3d 42
• 2023 Ohio 240

Syllabus

The trial court did not err in overruling appellant's motion to dismiss the charges against him on statutory speedy-trial grounds. With the exception of a specification accompanying two vehicular assault charges, appellant's convictions were based on legally sufficient evidence and were not against the weight of the evidence. The State did present legally insufficient evidence to prove the vehicular-assault specification, which applied only to driving with a suspended license, not to driving without any license. The trial court erred in admitting evidence of appellant's prior juvenile adjudication for burglary, but the error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. The trial court also erred in refusing to allow defense counsel to engage in certain cross-examination of a detective, but again the error was harmless. No cumulative error deprived appellant of a fair trial. Judgment affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded for resentencing.