STATE v. MELENDEZ

No. 97175.

2012 Ohio 2385

STATE OF OHIO, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, v. CRUZ MELENDEZ, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth District, Cuyahoga County.

Released and Journalized: May 31, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ruth R. Fischbein-Cohen , 3552 Severn Road, Suite 613, Cleveland Heights, OH 44118, Attorney for Appellant.

William D. Mason , Cuyahoga County Prosecutor, BY: Holly M. Welsh , Assistant County Prosecutor, The Justice Center, 1200 Ontario Street, 9th Floor, Cleveland, OH 44113, Attorneys for Appellee.

BEFORE: Stewart, J., Blackmon, A.J., and Jones, J.


JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION

MELODY J. STEWART, J.

{¶1} Defendant-appellant Cruz Melendez appeals from her conviction for felonious assault with a deadly weapon stemming from a physical altercation with victim Jazmin Flores. Melendez complains that the trial court erred by not providing the jury with an instruction on the use of nondeadly force, that her motion for acquittal was denied without a hearing, and that there was insufficient evidence...

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