STATE v. JONES

No. 2008-0525.

135 Ohio St.3d 10 (2012)

2012-Ohio-5677

THE STATE OF OHIO, Appellee, v. JONES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 6, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sherri Bevan Walsh , Summit County Prosecuting Attorney, and Heaven DiMartino , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

Nathan A. Ray and Lawrence J. Whitney , for appellant.


O'CONNOR, C.J.

{¶ 1} This is a death-penalty direct appeal as of right. A Summit County jury convicted appellant, Phillip L. Jones, of numerous crimes in connection with the murder and rape of Susan Yates and unanimously recommended that he be sentenced to death. The trial court accepted that recommendation and sentenced Jones accordingly.

{¶ 2} For the following reasons, we affirm Jones's convictions and sentence...

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