State v. Jones

Cunningham, Presiding Judge.

{¶ 1} Following a jury trial, defendant-appellant Seante Jones challenges his conviction for complicity to theft, in violation of R.C. 2923.03. Jones had been observed shoplifting men's clothing from a Burlington Coat Factory store. He was apprehended minutes after leaving the store with merchandise that he had not paid for. Because the trial court's error in permitting the state to exercise a peremptory challenge out of sequence was not a structural error, mandating automatic reversal, Jones was required to demonstrate prejudice flowing from that error. We…