State v. Ferguson

{¶ 1} Skip R. Ferguson, defendant below and appellant herein, appeals his Pickaway County Common Pleas Court judgment of conviction and sentence for (1) four counts of rape in violation of R.C. 2907.02(A)(1)(b), and (2) four counts of rape in violation of R.C. 2907.02(A)(2), all first-degree felonies. Appellant assigns the following errors for review:

FIRST ASSIGNMENT OF ERROR:

"TRIAL COUNSEL RENDERED INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL TO APPELLANT BY FAILING TO OBJECT TO THE TESTIMONY OF THE STATE'S WITNESS MICHAEL MONFREDI, AS TO THE DNA EVIDENCE AND THE TESTING PROTOCOL, WHICH WAS PERFORMED…