STATE v. PEARSON

No. 79-1301.

62 Ohio St. 2d 291 (1980)

THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT, v. PEARSON, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided June 4, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John T. Corrigan, prosecuting attorney, Mr. Robert V. Housel and Mr. George J. Sadd, for appellant.

Fink & Greene Co., L.P.A., Mr. Michael C. Hennenberg, and Ms. Janet R. Burnside, for appellee.


WILLIAM B. BROWN, J.

R. C. 2923.03(D) provides:

"No person shall be convicted of complicity under this section solely upon the testimony of an accomplice, unsupported by other evidence."

In its first proposition of law, the state argues that, literally construed, R. C. 2923.03(D) only prohibits convictions "under this section," i.e., convictions for the complicity offenses described in R. C. 2923.03(A),1 and...

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