STATE v. MARTIN

No. 2014-1922.

151 Ohio St.3d 470 (2017)

2017-Ohio-7556

THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. MARTIN, APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided September 13, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis Watkins , Trumbull County Prosecuting Attorney, and Christopher D. Becker and LuWayne Annos , Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, for appellee.

John B. Juhasz ; and Maro & Schoenike Co. and Lynn A. Maro , for appellant.

O'NEILL, J., concurs in part and dissents in part, for the reasons set forth in his dissenting opinion in , 2013-Ohio-164, 981 N.E.2d 900.


{¶ 1} This is a death-penalty appeal of right. Appellant, David Martin, shot Jeremy Cole to death and attempted to kill Melissa "Missy" Putnam during a kidnapping and robbery at Putnam's home in Warren. A jury found Martin guilty of aggravated murder with three death specifications, and he was sentenced to death. For...

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