STATE v. MATHIS

No. 91830.

2009 Ohio 3289

State of Ohio, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Preston Mathis, Defendant-Appellant.

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

RELEASED: July 2, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael P. Maloney, 24441 Detroit Road, Suite 300, Westlake, OH 44145, Attorneys for Appellant.

William D. Mason, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor, By: Blaise D. Thomas, Norman Schroth, Assistant County Prosecutors, The Justice Center, 1200 Ontario Street, 8th Floor, Cleveland, OH 44113, Attorneys for Appellee.

Before: Stewart, J., McMonagle, P.J., and Dyke, J.


JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION

MELODY J. STEWART, J.

{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant, Preston Mathis, appeals from guilty verdicts on counts of murder and having a weapon under disability. The charges arose after he admittedly shot another man during a fight. Challenging the sufficiency and weight of the evidence, Mathis contends that the shooting was accidental and that the state failed to offer proof that he purposely intended to kill the victim...

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