State v. Walden

Defendant-appellant Linda Walden appeals from a judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas and raises three assignments of error as follows:

“1. The trial court erred in denying appellant’s motion for a new trial where the misconduct of the jury materially and prejudicially affected appellant’s fundamental right to a fair and impartial consideration of the facts and law as presented in court, as mandated under the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution and Article I, Sections 5 and 16 of the Ohio Constitution.

“2. The trial court erred in denying…