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STATE v. BROOKS

Nos. 97455, 97509

2011 Ohio 5877

State of Ohio, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Reginald Brooks, Defendant-Appellant.

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

RELEASED AND JOURNALIZED: November 14, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Benza , The Law Office of Michael J. Benza, 17850 Geauga Lake Road, Chagrin Falls, Ohio 44023, Alan C. Rossman , Assistant Federal Public Defender, Capital Habeas Unit, 1660 West Second Street, #750, Cleveland, Ohio 44113, Attorneys for Appellant.

William D. Mason , Cuyahoga County Prosecutor, BY: Matthew E. Meyer , Katherine Mullin , Assistant County Prosecutors, The Justice Center, 8th Floor, 1200 Ontario Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44113, Attorneys for Appellee.

Before: Boyle, J., Stewart, P.J., and S. Gallagher, J.

JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION

MARY J. BOYLE, J.

{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant, Reginald Brooks, is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday, November 15, 2011. In this consolidated appeal, Brooks appeals the trial court's judgment finding him competent to be executed and the trial court's denial of his motion for leave to file a motion for new trial. We affirm.

Procedural History and Facts

{¶ 2} In 1983, a three-judge...

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