STATE v. WELLS

No. 78188.

145 Ohio App.3d 246 (2001)

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

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

Decided August 13, 2001.


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; Deward Wells, pro se, for appellant.


KARPINSKI, Administrative Judge.

Defendant-appellant appeals his nine-year sentence for voluntary manslaughter as not comporting with the new sentencing schedule. He also complains that he received ineffective assistance of counsel.

Appellant Deward Wells was indicted for one count of murder and pleaded guilty to one count of voluntary manslaughter. Originally the trial court sentenced him to the maximum sentence of ten years, although Wells had not had a...

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