State v. Williams

Citations

• 2024 Ohio 5164

Syllabus

CRIMINAL LAW - aggravated murder; attempted murder; kidnapping; aggravated burglary; receiving stolen property; sufficiency of the evidence; weight of the evidence; burden of production; burden of persuasion; credibility of witnesses; testimony; consistency of factual evidence; shots fired when victims were in home; second round of shots fired when murder victim outside and second victim inside home; medico-forensic testimony supports state's theory; spinal cord severed; immediate collapse; motive challenged; state not required to prove motive; motive useful, but not necessary; witness testimony supports conclusion that defendant was not interested in helping second victim; restrained liberty; defendant engaged in trespassory entry into residence; defendant seriously beat second victim; prior calculation and design; with purpose; advance reasoning to formulate the purpose to kill; murder not the result of instantaneous explosion of sudden events; amendment to indictment; court may allow at any time before, during, and after trial; amendment did not change the name and identity of crime; amendment conformed with Crim.R. 7(D).