STATE v. JACOBOZZI

Nos. 82-627, 82-643 and 82-644.

6 Ohio St. 3d 59 (1983)

THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. JACOBOZZI, APPELLANT. THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. KOURY ET AL., APPELLANTS. THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. PRUDOFF, APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 27, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Gregory A. White, prosecuting attorney, Mr. Douglas D. MacGillivray and Mr. William F. McKee, for appellee.

Mr. Malcolm C. Douglas, for appellant Jacobozzi.

Messerman & Messerman Co., L.P.A., and Mr. Gerald A. Messerman, for appellants Koury.

Gold, Rotatori, Schwartz & Gibbons Co., L.P.A., and Mr. Niki Z. Schwartz, for appellant Prudoff.


Per Curiam.

All the appellants herein have raised in this court, as well as in the courts below, the issue of whether the evidence produced at their joint trial was legally sufficient to support their convictions. The syllabus in State v. Sorgee (1978), 54 Ohio St.2d 464 [8 O.O.3d 452], states:

"An appellate court will reverse a conviction based solely on circumstantial evidence where that evidence...

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