STATE v. GAPEN

No. 2001-1518.

104 Ohio St.3d 358 (2004)

2004-Ohio-6548

THE STATE OF OHIO, Appellee, v. GAPEN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 15, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mathias H. Heck Jr., Montgomery County Prosecuting Attorney, Kirsten Brandt and R. Lynn Nothstine, Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, for appellee.

David H. Bodiker, State Public Defender, Stephen A. Ferrell, Jane P. Perry, and Robert K. Lowe, Assistant Public Defenders, for appellant.


LUNDBERG STRATTON, J.

{¶ 1} In this death-penalty appeal, defendant-appellant, Larry James Gapen, raises 14 propositions of law. We find one proposition to be meritorious and reverse Gapen's convictions for breaking detention and the R.C. 2929.04(A)(4) specifications that allege murder in the course of breaking detention. We find that none of his other propositions of law has merit and affirm Gapen's remaining convictions. We have also independently...

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