State v. Prater

REILLY, RJ.

This is an appeal frown a jury trial convicting defendant of abduction in violation of R.C. 2905.02 with a specification of a prior aggravated burglary offense. Defendant asserts two assignments of error:

"I. Did the trial court's failure to make an inquiry into the reasons for appellant's request to obtain new counsel deny him the rights to counsel and due process?

"II. Was the verdict against the manifest weight of the evidence?"

In the first assignment of error, defendant contends that his rights under the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution and…