STATE v. TROTTER

No. 97064.

2012 Ohio 2760

STATE OF OHIO, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, v. DAVID C. TROTTER, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

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

Released and Journalized: June 21, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Tobik, Esq. , Cuyahoga County Public Defender, By: Nathaniel McDonald, Esq. , Assistant Public Defender, 310 Lakeside Avenue, Suite 400, Cleveland, Ohio 44113, Attorneys for Appellant.

William D. Mason, Esq. , Cuyahoga County Prosecutor, By: Scott Zarzycki, Esq. , Assistant County Prosecutor, Eighth Floor, Justice Center, 1200 Ontario Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44113, Attorneys for Appellee.

BEFORE: Sweeney, J., Celebrezze, P.J., and Keough, J.


JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION

JAMES J. SWEENEY, J.

{¶1} Defendant-appellant David Trotter ("defendant") appeals his rape and kidnapping convictions and associated 60-year prison sentence. After reviewing the facts of the case and pertinent law, we affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand for merger of allied offenses and a new sentencing hearing.

{¶2} On March 26, 2009, 14-year-old B.B. went to a party with three...

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