STATE v. NICHOLS

No. CA2009-10-038.

2010 Ohio 4566

State of Ohio, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John Nichols, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Twelfth District, Brown County.

September 27, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jessica Little, Brown County Prosecuting Attorney, Mary McMullen, 200 East Cherry Street, Georgetown, Ohio 45121, for plaintiff-appellee.

Haughey & Deters LLC, E. Wednesday Oster, 722 Nilles Road, Fairfield, Ohio 45014, for defendant-appellant.


OPINION

POWELL, P.J.

{¶1} John Nichols brought a rifle to a family argument, and when he was relieved of the firearm in a subsequent scuffle, he switched to a knife. The ensuing melee ended with injuries to Nichols' brother (victim) and a criminal charge for Nichols. We affirm Nichols' felonious assault conviction because it was not against the manifest weight of the evidence and there was sufficient evidence that Nichols knowingly caused...

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