State v. Haynes

Stephenson, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a July 29, 1997 judgment, entered by the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County, upon a jury verdict, finding Gary Haynes, defendant-appellant, guilty of tampering with evidence, in violation of R.C. 2921.12(A). The following errors are assigned for our review:

“I. Where the state of Ohio failed to establish the corpus delicti of the crime of tampering with evidence, the admission of appellant’s extrajudicial incriminating statements at trial constituted plain error.

“II. Appellant received ineffective assistance of counsel at trial, in…