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STATE v. DIAR

No. 2005-2264.

120 Ohio St.3d 460 (2008)

2008-Ohio-6266

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

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 10, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis P. Will, Lorain County Prosecuting Attorney, and Anthony Cillo and Billie Jo Belcher, Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, for appellee.

Timothy Young, Ohio Public Defender, and Linda E. Prucha, T. Kenneth Lee, and Justin C. Thompson, Assistant Public Defenders, for appellant.

O'CONNOR, J.

{¶ 1} On the morning of August 27, 2003, a fire seriously damaged the Lorain, Ohio home of defendant-appellant, Nicole Diar. The body of her four-year-old son, Jacob Diar, was found in the bedroom. Subsequent investigation determined that gasoline was used to start the fire and that Jacob had been killed before the fire began.

{¶ 2} Diar was convicted...

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