State v. Yates

Citations

• 2022 Ohio 76

Syllabus

Sufficiency and manifest weight of the evidence Evid.R. 801 hearsay Evid.R. 803(2) excited utterance Evid.R. 803(3) present sense impression ineffective assistance of counsel jury irregularities R.C. 2945.71 speedy trial. Appellant's convictions are supported by sufficient evidence and are not against the manifest weight of the evidence. Reviewed for plain error, the witness's statement to the victim's mother made immediately after the shooting qualified as an excited utterance and present sense impression to the hearsay rule. Appellant's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel fails where the errors complained of were found to lack merit.