State v. Collie

Marianna Brown Bettman, Presiding Judge.

Randy Collie, defendant-appellant, appeals from his conviction of domestic violence in violation of R.C. 2919.25. 1 The conviction arose out of an incident in which Collie, drunk, came home at 5:00 a.m. and said to his wife, “If I had a gun, I would shoot you.”

At trial, Mrs. Collie testified to the following circumstances. First, Collie did not own a gun and there was none in the house. Second, based on Mrs. Collie’s past experiences, Collie became violent when drunk, and she considered him a violent man when he drank. Third, on the morning in question,…