STATE v. PHILLIPS

No. 2010 CA 00338.

2011 Ohio 6569

The State of Ohio, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jeffrey Scott Phillips, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Fifth District, Stark County.

DATE OF JUDGMENT ENTRY: December 19, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JOHN D. FERRERO , PROSECUTING ATTORNEY, KATHLEEN O. TATARSKY , ASSISTANT PROSECUTOR, 110 Central Plaza South, Suite 510, Canton, Ohio 44702-1413, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

KRISTINE W. BEARD , 4450 Belden Village Street, NW, Suite 703, Canton, Ohio 44718, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before: William B. Hoffman, P. J., John W. Wise, J., Patricia A. Delaney, J.


OPINION

WISE, J.

{¶1} Appellant Jeffrey Scott Phillips appeals his conviction and sentence, in the Court of Common Pleas, Stark County, for the aggravated murder of James Leeson, and for several related felony offenses. The relevant facts leading to this appeal are as follows.

{¶2} On March 11, 2010, James Leeson, a sixty-six-year-old retired firefighter, was found beaten and stabbed to death in the basement of...

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