STATE v. COTTON

No. 102581.

55 N.E.3d 573 (2015)

2015-Ohio-5419

STATE of Ohio, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sylvester COTTON, Defendant-Appellant.

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

December 24, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ruth R. Fischbein-Cohen , Cleveland, OH, for Appellant.

Timothy J. McGinty , Cuyahoga County Prosecutor, Eleina Thomas , Assistant County Prosecutor, Cleveland, OH, for Appellee.

Before: JONES, P.J., STEWART, J., and KILBANE, J.


{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant Sylvester Cotton appeals numerous felony convictions stemming from his involvement in an April 2014 robbery and shooting. On appeal, Cotton challenges the sufficiency of the evidence on several counts, asserts that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to file a motion to...

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