Legal Opinion

State v. Hill

Ohio Court of Appeals

Decided January 5, 2018No. 16CA3PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMcFarland, J.

{¶ 1} Cito Hill appeals the judgment of the Athens County Court of Common Pleas convicting him of one count of aggravated trafficking in drugs and sentencing him to an eighteen-month prison term. On appeal, Appellant contends that 1) his conviction is not supported by sufficient evidence; 2) the trial court abused its discretion when it permitted the State to introduce evidence of other bad acts; 3) he received ineffective assistance of counsel because his attorney failed to object to prosecutorial misconduct in closing argument; and 4) the trial court abused its discretion when it admitted…

2Cases cited67 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. State v. ThompkinsOhio Supreme Court · 1997
  4. State v. JenksOhio Supreme Court · 1991
  5. McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970

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3Cited by8 opinions

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