State v. Yoder

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 1633

Syllabus

RAPE — FELONIOUS ASSAULT — KIDNAPPING — ALLIED OFFENSES — SUFFICIENCY — MANIFEST WEIGHT —CONSTITUTIONAL LAW/CRIMINAL — DUE PROCESS — PRE-INDICTMENT DELAY — CRIM.R. 33: The State's delay in indicting the defendant was constitutionally reasonable and did not violate his due process rights. The trial court did not err in denying defendant's motion for a new trial where there was no evidence that defendant was incompetent at the time of trial. The trial court did not err in failing to merge rape and felonious assault convictions where the harms to the victim were separate. Defendant's convictions for rape were supported by sufficient evidence and not against the manifest weight of the evidence where the jury believed the victim's testimony.