STATE v. THOMPKINS

No. 92575.

2010 Ohio 151

State of Ohio, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James L. Thompkins, Defendant-Appellant.

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

RELEASED: January 21, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Rein, Leader Building, Suite 940, 526 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44114, Attorney for Appellant.

William D. Mason, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor, By: Joseph M. Cordiano, Assistant County Prosecutor, The Justice Center, 1200 Ontario Street, 8th Floor, Cleveland, OH 44113, Attorneys for Appellee.

Before: Stewart, J., Gallagher, A.J., and Celebrezze, J.


JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION

MELODY J. STEWART, J.:

{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant, James Thompkins, appeals from his convictions on two counts of drug trafficking and one count of possession of drugs. The counts arose in connection with a staged drug buy. Thompkins complains that there is insufficient evidence to prove the essential elements of the charged offenses, the jury verdict is against the manifest weight of the evidence, and that the...

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