STATE v. HOUSTON

No. 95994.

2011 Ohio 2798

State of Ohio, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Wilbert Houston, Defendant-Appellant.

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

RELEASED AND JOURNALIZED: June 9, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilbert Houston , Pro Se, Inmate No. 284-618, Marion Correctional Institution, P.O. Box 57, Marion, OH 43302, for Appellant.

William D. Mason , Cuyahoga County Prosecutor, BY: Thorin O. Freeman , Assistant County Prosecutor, The Justice Center, 1200 Ontario Street, 8th Floor, Cleveland, OH 44113, Attorneys for Appellee.

BEFORE: Stewart, J., Kilbane, A.J., and Boyle, J.


JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION

MELODY J. STEWART, J.

{¶ 1} Appellant, Wilbert Houston, appeals a decision of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas denying his petition for postconviction relief. For the reasons stated below, we affirm.

{¶ 2} In 1993, a jury found Houston guilty of aggravated murder with an accompanying firearm specification. The trial court sentenced Houston to life imprisonment for aggravated murder...

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