STATE v. MATTHEWS

No. 08-MA-49.

2009 Ohio 3254

State of Ohio, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Brian Matthews, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Seventh District, Mahoning County.

Dated: June 23, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Gains, Prosecutor, Ralph M. Rivera, Assistant Prosecutor, 21 West Boardman Street, 6th Floor, Youngstown, Ohio 44503-1426, For Plaintiff-Appellee.

J. Dean Carro, Appellate Review Office, The University of Akron, School of Law, Akron, Ohio 44325-2901 For Defendant-Appellant.

Judges: Hon. Gene Donofrio, Hon. Cheryl L. Waite, Hon. Mary DeGenaro.


OPINION

DONOFRIO, J.

{¶1} Defendant-appellant, Brian Matthews, appeals from a Mahoning County Common Pleas Court judgment convicting him of 13 counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor following a jury trial.

{¶2} Appellant worked as a farmhand from 2002 until June 2006. The farm on which he worked is owned by Alice and Joe. Appellant met Joe's daughter, S.S., while working on the farm. S.S. frequently "hung...

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