State v. Christian

Vukovich, Presiding Judge.

{¶ 1} The state of Ohio appeals the decision of the Mahoning County Common Pleas Court that discharged defendant-appellee, Duniek Christian, after a jury trial. The trial court ruled that there was no longer an existing charging document where the indictment alleged felonious assault, the jury was instructed and provided with verdict forms on both felonious assault and complicity to felonious assault, and the jury acquitted appellant of felonious assault but was unable to decide on complicity to felonious assault.

{¶ 2} Substantively, we are asked to determine the…