STATE v. BROOKS

No. 98380.

2012 Ohio 5292

STATE OF OHIO, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, v. DWAYNE BROOKS, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

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

Released and Journalized: November 15, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dwayne Brooks, pro se, Inmate No. 208-008, Grafton Correctional Institution, 2500 South Avon Belden Road, Grafton, OH 44044, for Appellant.

Timothy J. McGinty , Cuyahoga County Prosecutor, Mark J. Mahoney , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, The Justice Center, 9th Floor, 1200 Ontario Street, Cleveland, OH 44113, Attorneys for Appellee.

BEFORE: Keough, J., Stewart, P.J., and Rocco, J.


JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION

KATHLEEN ANN KEOUGH, J.

{¶1} In 1988, defendant-appellant Dwayne Brooks was convicted of aggravated murder with a mass murder specification (Count One), two counts of attempted murder (Counts Two and Three), and aggravated robbery (Count Four). The convictions stemmed from a 1987 shooting between rival drug gangs involved in a turf dispute. The evidence at trial demonstrated that Brooks was among a group of four...

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