State v. Randle

{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant Korey T. Randle ("Randle") appeals the judgments *205 of the Marion County Court of Common Pleas, alleging (1) that the offenses of aggravated robbery and kidnapping should have merged at sentencing; (2) that the State violated ethical duties in the prosecution of this case; (3) that the trial court erred by overruling his motion for a mistrial after the prosecution requested a recess to "bolster" a State witness's testimony; and (4) that the jury returned a verdict against the manifest weight of the evidence. For the reasons set forth below, the judgments of the lower…