STATE v. SAPP

No. 2003-0135.

105 Ohio St.3d 104 (2004)

2004-Ohio-7008

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

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 29, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Schumaker, Clark County Prosecuting Attorney, and Andrew P. Pickering, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

Spiros P. Cocoves; Gamso, Helmick & Hoolahan and Jeffrey M. Gamso, for appellant.


FRANCIS E. SWEENEY, SR., J.

{¶ 1} On August 22, 1992, appellant, William K. Sapp, raped and murdered Phree Morrow, age 12, and Martha Leach, age 11. A year and 17 days later, Sapp raped and murdered Belinda Anderson, an adult woman. About three months after he murdered Anderson, Sapp raped and attempted to murder another adult woman, Hazel Pearson. Sapp was sentenced to death for the murders of Phree...

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