State v. Woods

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 2295

Syllabus

Jail Uniform; Ineffective Assistance of Counsel. Although the best practice is to place on the record an explanation for why a defendant is appearing in the jail uniform for trial, the failure to do so is not reversible error. Counsel was not ineffective for allowing the defendant to wear the jail uniform because a review of the evidence shows that the overwhelming weight of the evidence supported conviction. As a result, the outcome of the trial was unlikely to be different if the defendant was wearing street clothes rather than the jail uniform.