In re D.D., 2026-Ohio-2699 (Ohio Ct. App. 2026)

The Ohio 1st District Court of Appeals reversed a juvenile adjudication for three counts of aggravated menacing based on insufficient evidence. The court stated in relevant part:

Regardless of whether State’s exhibit 3, the still image, was properly admitted, it was insufficient to establish beyond a reasonable doubt that D.D. pointed a gun at W.W.’s car. The still image lacked any indication as to the time and date when it was taken. Without that identifying information, that still image arguably could have been taken on a completely different day. The still, therefore, was insufficient to prove D.D.’s identity as the perpetrator beyond a reasonable doubt. D.D.’s second assignment is sustained.