State v. Randle

Defendant-appellant, Mamie Randle, entered a plea of not guilty to one count of aggravated murder. Before trial, the court sustained the state’s motion in limine to preclude defendant from introducing evidence concerning the victim’s involvement with narcotics. Defendant then entered a plea of no contest to involuntary manslaughter and was found guilty by the court.

Defendant has appealed, asserting the following assignment of error:

“The trial court committed a reversible error, violating Article I, Sections 1 and 16, of the Ohio Constitution, and the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the…