STATE v. BONNELL

No. 94-1343.

71 Ohio St.3d 223 (1994)

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

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 20, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and L. Christopher Frey, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

David H. Bodiker, Ohio Public Defender, Laurence E. Komp and Randall L. Porter, Assistant Public Defenders, for appellant.


Appellant, Melvin Bonnell, was convicted of two counts of aggravated murder and sentenced to death in 1988. The court of appeals affirmed. State v. Bonnell (Oct. 5, 1989), Cuyahoga App. No 55927, unreported, 1989 WL 117828. We subsequently affirmed the convictions and sentence. State v. Bonnell (1991), 61 Ohio St.3d 179, 573 N.E.2d 1082.

On November 27, 1992, appellant filed an application to reopen the case...

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