STATE v. BETHEL

No. 2020-0648.

192 N.E.3d 470 (2022)

167 Ohio St.3d 362

2022-Ohio-783

The STATE of Ohio, Appellee, v. BETHEL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided March 22, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet A. Grubb , First Assistant Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney, and Seth L. Gilbert , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

Timothy Young , Dayton, Ohio Public Defender, and Rachel Troutman , Alison Swain , and Joanna Sanchez , Assistant Public Defenders, for appellant.

Jones Day, Yvette McGee Brown , Columbus, and Benjamin C. Mizer , urging reversal for amicus curiae, the Innocence Network.


I. INTRODUCTION

{¶ 1} In 2003, appellant, Robert W. Bethel, was sentenced to death after being convicted of the aggravated murders of James Reynolds and Shannon Hawk, who were shot to death in a secluded field in Columbus in 1996. Evidence showed that Bethel and another man, Jeremy Chavis, had killed Reynolds...

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