State v. North, 2015 Ohio 4526

Around midnight on Sept. 4, 2014, North and an accomplice went to a field to steal marijuana but couldn’t locate it in the dark and went to an adjacent residence.
North and his companion threw rocks and bricks at the resident Robert Tanner’s windows and shouted for him to come out; one brick shattered the kitchen window.
Tanner, fearing for his safety, exited with a shotgun and fired toward the figures; Mahan (the accomplice) was struck.
North was later picked up by a friend, stopped by a deputy, and subsequently confessed to Detective Reinbolt that he had gone to steal the marijuana and was shot at.
A Seneca County grand jury indicted North for second-degree felony robbery (R.C. 2911.02). A jury convicted him; North appealed claiming (1) the trial court erred denying his Crim.R. 29 motion (insufficiency) and (2) the verdict was against the manifest weight of the evidence.

Issue	Plaintiff's Argument	Defendant's Argument	Held
Whether evidence was sufficient to deny Crim.R. 29 (judgment of acquittal)	State: North’s confession and Tanner’s testimony show he intended theft and used/threatened force by throwing rocks/bricks	North: Evidence insufficient to prove elements of robbery beyond a reasonable doubt	Affirmed: viewing evidence in prosecution’s favor, a rational juror could find all elements proven; motion denied
Whether conviction is against manifest weight of the evidence	State: physical acts (breaking windows, yelling) plus confession support inference of threat during attempted theft	North: jury’s verdict is against the weight of the evidence (asserted)	Affirmed: appellate court found no manifest miscarriage; evidence does not weigh heavily against conviction

Kaczmarek v. State, 5 N.E.3d 1045 (Ohio Ct. App.) (standard for sufficiency review under Crim.R. 29)
Mendoza v. State, 738 N.E.2d 822 (Ohio Ct. App.) (describes manifest-weight review and "thirteenth juror" role)
State v. Thompkins, 678 N.E.2d 541 (Ohio 1997) (framework for manifest-weight analysis)