CONSTITUTIONAL LAW/CRIMINAL – SPEEDY TRIAL –AUTHENTICATION – EVID.R. 404(B) – OTHER ACTS: The trial court did not deprive defendant of a fair trial when it compelled him to wear the same clothes for four consecutive days of trial. The trial court did not err in denying defendant's motion to dismiss the complaint on speedy-trial grounds: the state's inaction was not enough to outweigh the absence of particularized trial prejudice. Sufficient testimony from the victim was presented to authenticate the duplicate recordings of phone calls between the victim and defendant. The trial court did not err in permitting the victim to testify about defendant's threats and other acts of domestic violence where the evidence was not premised on improper character inferences and was probative of the victim's credibility.
Decided 2021-04-09
[Cite as State v. Mead,
2021-Ohio-1107
.]
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS
FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT OF OHIO
HAMILTON COUNTY, OHIO
STATE OF OHIO, : APPEAL NOS. C-190604
C-190620
Plainitff-Appellee, : C-190621
C-190622
vs. C-190623
: C-190624
SCOTT MEAD, C-190625
: TRIAL NOS. 18CRB-5108
Defendant-Appellant. C-19CRB-11671B
: C-18CRB-23990
C-18CRB-23869
: C-18CRB-23677
C-18CRB-23374A
: C-18CRB-22922
: O P I N I O N.
Criminal Appeals From: Hamilton County Municipal Court
Judgments Appealed From Are: Affirmed
Date of Judgment Entry on Appeal: April 9, 2021
Joseph T. Deters, Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney, and Adam Tieger, Assistant
Prosecuting Attorney, for Plaintiff-Appellee State of Ohio, Hamilton County.
Andrew W. Garth, Interim City Solicitor, William T. Horsley, Chief Prosecuting Attorney,
and Susan M. Zurface, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for Plaintiff-Appellee State of Ohio,
City of Cincinnati.
Raymond T. Faller, Hamilton County Public Defender, and Sarah E. Nelson, Assistant
Public Defender, for Defendant-Appellant.
*This case originally released on April 2, 2021, is being re-released today due to the Court
through inadvertence listed the incorrect trial court numbers.
