STATE v. WELLS

No. 73977.

133 Ohio App.3d 392 (1999)

The STATE of Ohio, Appellee, v. WELLS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth District, Cuyahoga County.

Decided March 22, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Mason, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and Richard J. Bombik, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

James A. Draper, Cuyahoga County Public Defender, and Robert M. Ingersoll, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.


KARPINSKI, Presiding Judge.

Defendant-appellant Deward Wells appeals from the sentence imposed on his plea-bargained conviction on voluntary manslaughter.

On June 30, 1997, defendant was indicted for murder for purposely causing the death of another resident in his rooming house. On the date scheduled for trial, defendant agreed, as part of a plea bargain, to plead guilty to the lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter. "Because of the seriousness of the case...

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