State v. Mayle, 2015 Ohio 4838

Mayle was convicted of negligently causing the death of Bumgardner while operating a motor vehicle after turning at a four-way Martins Ferry intersection.
A dump truck approached perpendicular to Mayle’s truck; Bumgardner crossed in front and was struck and killed.
Mayle was charged with two counts of vehicular manslaughter: (1) negligently causing death; (2) causing death while committing a traffic violation.
The jury found Mayle guilty of the first count and not guilty on the second count; he was sentenced to jail, license suspension, and probation.
On appeal, Mayle argued (a) improper handling of jury instructions and (b) Brady/Discovery issues affecting trial.
The appellate court reversed and remanded for a new trial, addressing the written jury instructions issue as dispositive.

Issue	Plaintiff's Argument	Defendant's Argument	Held
Whether failure to provide written jury instructions violated Crim.R. 30(A).	Mayle	Mayle	Merits; Crim.R. 30(A) controls over the statute, requiring written or recorded instructions to the jury.
Whether the alleged Brady violation warranted a mistrial.	Mayle	Mayle	Moot; issue resolved by ruling on the jury instruction error.

State v. Tate, 59 Ohio St. 2d 50, 391 N.E.2d 738 (1979) (Criminal rules prevail over conflicting statutes in procedural matters)
State v. Dudas, 11th Dist. No. 2011-L-094, 2012-Ohio-2122 (2012) (Criminal Rules supersede statutes when conflict arises)
State ex rel. Silcott v. Spahr, 50 Ohio St.3d 110, 552 N.E.2d 926 (1990) (constitutional priority of criminal rules over statutes)
State v. Jallah, 2015-Ohio-1950 (Ohio 8th Dist. 2015) (Crim.R. 30(A) duties regarding instruction copies to jury)
State v. Howard, 2011-Ohio-27 (2d Dist. No. 23795, 2011) (Crim.R. 30(A) requirement interpreted in deliberations context)